Centuries-Old Indian Performance Tradition

GURUGRAM, India — Gauri Dancers: The Opera of Mewar, presented by Latitude 28 in conjunction with Museo Camera Centre for the Photographic Arts, offers a new perspective into a performance art tradition from India. The show explores a series of dreamy hand-colored, black and white images by photographer Waswo X. Waswo in collaboration with third-generation hand-colorist Rajesh Soni, both of whom are based in Udaipur.

The Gauri Dance is a centuries-old tradition of oral literature and performing arts by way of dance and drama, passed down over the generations among the Gauri tribe of Southern Rajasthan. The dance is performed by men and young boys, mostly farmers by profession.

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