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Indian Opera Comes to California


06 May 2008
Nautanki Opera report / Broadband - Download (WM) video clip
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Sultana Daku is the story of a Robin Hood style hero who robs from the rich and gives to the poor
Sultana Daku is the story of a Robin Hood style hero who robs from the rich and gives to the poor
A popular Indian style rural opera called Nautanki  was recently staged at a theater in California's high-tech Silicon Valley.  It was the retelling of a decades old popular Indian opera Sultana Daku. VOA's Savita Patel was on hand for one of the performances. Jim Bertel narrates.

 

 

 

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