Kashmir street performers revive ancient art
Bhand Pather artist work to keep alive centuries-old tradition of spreading the news in age of social media.
Published On 14 Dec 2014
For centuries, Kashmiri street theatre was how ordinary citizens obtained news and spread messages from town to town. This has proved more difficult in the age of social media, but that has not deterred the Bhand Pather artists from persisting to keep the tradition alive.
Al Jazeera’s Faiz Jamil reports from Warthura in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Source: Al Jazeera