SectionMusic & Performance
SeasonStage and community performance
RegionBhojpuri region
Also writtenबिदेसिया
Bidesia is inseparable from histories of migration and the emotional distance between those who leave and those who remain. Performance makes that distance public through music, dialogue and satire.
Bhikhari Thakur is central to its modern history, but the form also lives through generations of performers and audiences beyond a single celebrated name.
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