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Mokokchung | June 14
A month-long theatre workshop which was held from May 16 to June 14 concluded with the premiering of the theatrical play ‘Oshi Yim’ at Town hall, Mokokchung on June 14. “Oshi Yim (The language village)” is directed and conceptualized by Bendang walling, with assistant director Kilangtemsu Imsong and designed by Thoudam Victor Singh.
The play is about a young dreamer leaving his village ‘Oshi Yim’ for a new venture to the city but the city life engulfs him because of which he decides to return to his village only to find that his own people were sinking with other language and other way of living.
The month-long theatre workshop was organized by Sangkeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Hills Theatre and Department of Art & Culture, Mokokchung, Nagaland.
Jadumani Singh, Director of Blooming Cultural Academy performing arts and award winning theatre practitioner, who was one of the resource persons spoke at the premier where he said that many people consider theatre, dance and music as entertainment but theatre is much more than that. He said that theatre can help preserve and display one's culture and tradition.
At the premier, Shashank Pratap Singh, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung attended as the guest of honour where he thanked the Sangkeet Natak Akademi for collaborating with local artists to promote theatre in Nagaland. He said that theatre is a part of our inherent skill and habit to express ourselves. He also said that performing art is ingrained in each and every individual and society and that it helps in self-realization and self-expression.
He further went on to say that theatre and performing art is still in a very nascent age in Nagaland and that we should use various forms of theatre and art as a platform to sensitized and express ourselves.
Tiakala, one of the participants at the workshop, also shared her experience as a theatre student.
