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| Sound recording, story and song; epic cycle, epic singing and folk tale told through Palagan storytelling from Bangladesh, performed by Islamuddin Palaker in the Main Tent at the Beyond the Border Festival, St Donats Art Centre, Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan, Wales, 3rd July 1999. | |
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| Introduction by Daniel Morden to Bangladeshi storytelling, Palagan. English explanation and story told by Daniel Morden with sections of Palagan performance by Islamuddin Palaker, accompanied by four musicians. | |
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| Palagan is a one-man theatrical performance. Palagn involves a storyteller in performing an epic tale for up to seven hours without a break, accompanied by a group of musicians and singers. Through song, dance, mime and narration the artist weaves a fabulous story, full of fantasy, humour and intrigue. One fascinating aspect of a Palagan performance is the use of costume and simple props to illustrate the story. Traditionally the storyteller is dressed in women's costume and wears his hair long. but during the course of the performance he will portray both men and women, switching from character to character in fast succession. The only props are a long scalf, a doll, a cushion and a necklace which, through mime, he constantly transforms into different objects. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| language:- | Bengali; English |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 22 minutes, 32 seconds |
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| Beyond the Border Festival was founded in 1993 by Ben Haggarty, Artistic Director of the Crick Crack Club, and David Ambrose, the then Director of St Donats Arts Centre, Wales. The Festival was founded as The Beyond the Border International Festival of Storytelling and Epic Singing, but became known simply as Beyond the Border. The festival ran from 1993 to 2006 co-directed by the two founders: with Ben Haggarty programming storytellers and David Ambrose programming musicians. Since 2007 the festival has been directed by David Ambrose. The festival is a weekend event running on the first weekend of July annually; attracting around 2,500 people from across Britain and from overseas. The festival is sited at St Donats Arts Centre and in the grounds of St Donats Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan on the South Coast of Wales. Beyond the Border was initiated as part of the UK Year of Literature in 1995. The successful bid submitted by Academi Wales, prominently featured a storytelling festival. The original Director of the UK Year of Literature was Maura Dooley, who had been at the South Bank Centre in London when Ben Haggarty ran the Third International Storytelling Festival there in 1989. Maura Dooley supported the proposal brought to her by Ben Haggarty and David Ambrose to hold an International festival and series of summer schools at St Donats Castle and to begin Beyond the Border in 1993 in order to build an audience and a core of Wales-based artists for the Year of Literature in 1995. However before the plan could be implemented Maura Dooley resigned from her post (the position was later taken by Sean Dorran). Despite this, St Donats Arts Centre was committed to the festival and Beyond the Border was launched in July 1993. The 1993, 1994 and 1995 festivals were accompanied by summer schools, which produced a number of storytellers including Megan Lloyd, Francis Maxey, Richard Berry and Michael Harvey. | |
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| storytelling; singing:- |
storyteller: Islamuddin Palaker male / Indian |
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| storytelling; singing:- |
storyteller: Daniel Morden male / Welsh / British / born 30.07.1964 |
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| storytelling; singing:- |
musician male / Indian |
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| storytelling; singing:- |
musician male / Indian |
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| storytelling; singing:- |
musician male / Indian |
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| storytelling; singing:- |
musician male / Indian |
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| origin:- | Bangladesh |
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| festival programme | |
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| Islamuddin Palaker palagan storytelling | |
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| programming:- |
Festival Co-Director: Ben Haggarty Festival Co-Director: David Ambrose |
| administration:- |
administrator: St Donats Arts Centre |
| storytelling; singing:- |
St Donats, Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan, Wales: St Donats Art
Centre: Main Tent
03 Jul 1999 festival: Beyond the Border Festival Palagan |
| gift from:- |
St Donats Arts Centre |
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