Advanced Course in Performance Traditions of the Mahabharata in Tamil Nadu- 2

Chapter 4- The Custodians Of The Festival

Chapter 5- The Festivals As Total Theatre

Chapter 6- Potturaja And The Anti-War Nature Of The Festival

Chapter 7- The Birth Of Vyasa

Chapter 8- Chandra Vamsam Or The Birth Of The Lunar Dynasty

Chapter 9- The Birth Of Yayati

Chapter 10- The Story Of Shakuntala And Dushyanta

Chapter 11- Shantanu And The Birth Of Bhishma Or Viduman

Chapter 12- Birth Of Dhritarashtra, Pandu And Vidura

Chapter 13- Birth Of Krishna

Chapter 14- Birth Of Dharmaraja

Chapter 15- Gurukula Parva

Chapter 16- Birth Of Draupadi

Chapter 17- Hidimbi Kuri Or Hidimbi The Fortune Teller

Chapter 18- The Killing Of Bakasura

Chapter 19- A Brief Introduction To Koothu As A Theatrical Form

Chapter 20- Vil Valaippu Or The Bending Of The Bow

Chapter 21- The Marriage Of Draupadi

Chapter 22- Subhadra Kalyanam Or The Marriage Of Subhadra

Chapter 23- Rajasuya Yaagam

Chapter 24- Draupadiyin Thugilum Parandhamanin Arulum Or The Attempted Disrobing Of Draupadi And Krishna’s Gift

Chapter 25- Arjuna’s Tapas

Chapter 26- Kichaka Vadham Or The Killing Of Kichaka

Chapter 27- Krishnan Thoodhu Or Krishna As The Emissary Of The Pandavas Krishnan Thoodhu Entire Koothu

Chapter 28- Aravan Kalabali And The Beginning Of The Great War

Chapter 29- Karna Mosham

Chapter 30- The Eighteenth Day’s War Or Duryodhana’s Lament