About The Event
This workshop welcomes the participants to experience the bhajan culture of North Karnataka. Every year, Temples across North Karnataka come alive with bhajan songs and tattva padas that carry rich folk traditions of the region. These songs carry philosophies of the community, life lessons and celebration of the season.
In this introductory session facilitated by Shilpa Mudubi, you will learn a few bhajan songs and also get a gateway peak into the folk traditions and rituals of North Karnataka.
Shilpa Mudbi Kothakota is an artist currently living in Kalaburgi. Born and brought up in Bangalore, she graduated in Media Arts and production from Sydney, Australia. She has been in the field of social justice as a social activist and media consultant with NGOs working on youth, women and child rights. She taught Documentary filmmaking in Mount Carmel College, and has worked at Ranga Shankara Theatre Bangalore as a Program Coordinator. She is the Co-founder of Urban Folk Project, a collective that looks that collating of folk knowledge systems of North Karnataka. She has been a Karnataka Janapada Academy member for the three years 2019 to 2022. She is currently on the Academic Advisory Committee of the IGNCA, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Bangalore.
