New Delhi Sep 27 (IANS) A multidisciplinary festival featuring at least 70 performers from across the country on the ancient art form of Behrupias or impersonators is set to open here at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) next week.
The three-day "National Behrupia Festival" will run from October 5-7. It will exhibit paintings and photographs on Behrupia art along with hosting theatre performances and documentary screenings.
Behrupia art is a traditional form of dramatised storytelling and entertainment that found genesis in the courts and marketplaces IGNCA said in a statement.
However the competition this ancient art is facing from other means of entertainment requires us to preserve and promote it -- something that the festival will aim to do it added.
The event will also have engagement activities for children as well as media and arts students IGNCA Member Secretary Sachchidanand Joshi said in a statement.
The festival organised in collaboration with cultural organisation Martanda Foundation has been curated by designer-filmmaker Rupesh Sahai.

--IANS sj/mag/sed