chhau

Japanese: chhau
chhau

...The performers dance to songs in the Abhinaya style or Nritta style, but they also improvise lines that are generally set out, making it somewhere between a dialogue drama and a silent dance drama. In northeastern India, in the western tip of Bengal and in Bihar, there are three types of chhau dance. The Purulia chhau is a silent dance drama performed by masked male dancers. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "chhau" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…演者は歌に合わせアビナヤ風に踊ったり,ヌリッタ風の踊りもあるが,大筋を決められた科白(せりふ)を即興的にしゃべり,科白劇と無言の舞踊劇との中間的存在である。 北東インド,ベンガル州の西端とビハール州には三つのチョウchhauという舞踊がある。プルリア地方のチョウは,仮面をつけた男性の踊手による無言の舞踊劇である。…

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