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Where bronze is still cast the way it was three thousand years ago.
Chhattisgarh's Bastar region practices Dhokra lost-wax metal casting almost unchanged since the Indus Valley — wax rope wound by hand, clay packed around it, then broken open to reveal bronze figures that can't be duplicated.
Bastar Dussehra runs for over two months, longer than anywhere else in India, driven by tribal communities rather than a single narrative — a reminder that Chhattisgarh's festivals are closer to living agricultural and forest calendars than fixed religious dates.
Worth knowing
- ·Dhokra lost-wax bronze casting in Bastar villages
- ·Bastar Dussehra — a 75-day tribal festival, the longest in India
- ·Pandavani storytelling sung to a single stringed instrument
Living traditions
Traditions & performing arts of Chhattisgarh
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