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Aizawl, July 5 (IANS): The vivacious Mizo bamboo dance, which symbolises excellence and skills, will entertain spectators at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in the Indian capital. "The State government has accepted the invitation from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee to perform the Mizo traditional and colourful Cheraw dance at the inaugural ceremony in the national capital," an official told IANS. "Around 80 dancers, comprising men and women, will perform the bamboo dance, traditionally known as Cheraw dance, at the inaugural function at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi Oct 3," he said. The 19th edition of the Games will take place from Oct 3 to 14 in the national capital New Delhi. This year the Cheraw made it to the Guineess Book of World Records as the the world's largest and longest dance ensemble. "On March 12, 671 troupes consisting of 10,736 dancers participated in the mass dance congregation at the Assam Rifles

Documentary Films Assam’s theatre on wheels Soumya M Nair http://www.deccanherald.com/content/77579/ The concept of mobile theatre in Assam was born out of an act of rebellion... In the year 1963, Achyuth Lahkar, after spending three years learning the form of modern theatre from his brother, wondered if there was a way he could bring popular modern theatre to all parts of Asssam. When he failed to launch the concept of mobile theatre after a year of hard toil, his brother and family abandoned the idea and him. Once again, Lahkar set off with his determination to travel all over Assam and understand his audience better. In the second year of his travel, he wrote a play called ‘Beula’ and with that began Assam’s richest form of entertainment. “If I hadn’t dreamt, mobile theatres would have never existed,” says a proud Achyuth. Documentary filmmaker Merajur Rahman’s latest piece of work, The Nine Months, funded by the India Foundation for the Arts and Infosys Foundation, explores the his