NEWARI DANcE & CULTURE

FRIDAY 28 OCT

NEWARI DANcE & CULTURE                                                                                                               Music & Dance                                                                                                                                      MUSIC & DANCE Performance by Bhairab Nach Guthi UK at Bhavan Centre

An exciting evening of Newari traditional music and dance from the Kathmandu Valley.

The dance performance on the night will include:

•          Introduction by director of Bhairab Nach Guthi UK, Sushi Prajapati
•          Bhairab Nach (‘Bhairava’s Dance’)                
•          Bhairab Nach Solo (Bhairab only)
•          Khyak Nach
•          Traditional Newari Drum Music
•          Ghentang Gisi Nach with live music

 
The Newars, traditional inhabitants of Kathmandu and the surrounding towns and
countryside, have a rich and ancient tradition of dance. The dance performance this evening
includes Bhairab Nach; an ancient masked performance by the Newari community in the
Pokhara Valley of Nepal and named after Bhairab (or Bhairava, an aspect of Shiva) to ward
off  evil spirits.

As part of Bhairab Nach, Khyak Nach will also be performed. This dance form is about two ghosts
who dance in joy and full of love and life, to demonstrate different sexual and aerobic positions of
Kama Sutra in an entertaining way to adults, and especially newly married couples.

Sushil Prajapati of Bhairab Nach Guthi UK originally brought this masked dance to London
supported by his father Bishnu Pd. Prajapati in 2009. Since then, the troop have performed at
a number of  locations across the capital including Nepal Greenwich Forum, Hindu Temple
Charity Programme and at various Pasa Puchah Guthi Programmes in Aldershot, Woolwich and
Plumstead. More recently, Bhairab Nach Guthi UK have performed at Visit Nepal 2011’s Promotion
Programme as well as Comolongmo Fair: ‘Experience the Magic of Nepal’ at Spitalfields.

Please click here for tickets and map.