The Morarka
Centre and Siyahi present
Woven
Tales from the North East
Tuesday, 16th
June 2009. National Centre
for the Performing Arts, Mumbai.
PROGRAMME
Woven Tales
from the North East is a day of delving into the storytelling
traditions which are richly depicted in textiles and weaves of
North Eastern states of India. Traditionally, textiles, with its
age-old motifs, weaves, dyes and prints, have been a
medium of telling stories, recording legends and perpetuating
myths and folklore. This conference will bring together textile
experts, art historians, designers, authors,
poets, narrators, performers, and musicians. Rahul
Bhattacharya, Sentila T. Yanger, Mamang Dai, Desmond L
Kharmawphlang, Zasha Colah, Cherrie Chhangte and K. Sobita Devi will
be creating the connect between story telling traditions and the
art of creating rich textiles during sessions like The
Luingamla Keshan, The Naga Shawls, The Sherdukpens, Hmar &
Paitei Textiles and The Manipur Textiles. The day
will end with a special performance of weavers song, Aye
Kuzu Le by the Sumi Tribe from Nagaland.
The conference
will focus on the myths, stories, tales and folk narratives in
the textiles traditions of the North East India. The conference
will take into account the quantum of this diversity in art and
culture, which is evident from the multitude of languages,
ethnic groups and their common collective memory. It will be a
unique conference dealing with the art of story telling on the
cloth in context to the development of North Eastern culture and
civilization.
