Tetseo Sisters perform at Kolkata

Tetseo Sisters with Aboriginal Australian artists whose work are on display as part of Jarracharra along with Director of Babbara Women’s Center, Jessica.

Tetseo Sisters with Aboriginal Australian artists whose work are on display as part of Jarracharra along with Director of Babbara Women’s Center, Jessica.

Kohima, January 19 (MExN): The Australian Consul General in Kolkata, in collaboration with the Indian Museum has presented a collection of textile works by 17 artists from Maningrida in western Arnhem Land in the north of Australia that will run till January 22, as an exhibition called Jarracharra.

The exhibition will travel to other museums of the world hereafter.

Bringing stories of indigenous women together, the Tetseo Sisters were invited to perform at an evening of stories and celebrations at the Indian Museum Kolkata by the Australian Consulate, Kolkata.

Tetseo Sisters, who are children of a weaver mother themselves, presented a bunch of melodic Chokri Naga folksongs including Phrozü Li- the weaver’s song and enthralled the special gathering.