‘BURRA KATHA’ BY SSSIHL STUDENTS ON SEPTEMBER 3rd

Burra Katha is a popular ballad form of Andhra Pradesh, belonging to that form of music that entertains and provides guidance for contemporary times using spiritual anecdotes from India’s hoary past. It is a harmonious blend of satiric comment, witty dialogue, and punching quotes to make the presentation lively and entertaining. Burra Katha is also a fusion of the dramatic with the narrative, the musical with the recitative, the serious admixed with the humorous to make for an interesting performance. Burra Katha gets its name from the word ‘burra’ which refers to a percussion instrument used in the narrative.

The students presented two kathas or stories.