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- Lokayukta SP B.V.
- Sneha said at an event in Channapatna that the Mudalapaya Yakshagana folk art form is losing its vitality.
- The remarks came during the launch of a 'Devi Mahatme' Mudalapaya Yakshagana performance held at the Shatamanotsava Bhavan on Wednesday.
- B.V.
- Sneha said preserving the art is a responsibility, and children should be taught arts instead of being made to chase marks alone.
- Folklorist Chakkere Shivashankar, presiding over the event, said Mudalapaya Yakshagana is a secular art tradition with a history of about six hundred years.
- The art form is fading, and the speakers' appeal matters because saving it for the next generation depends on community effort.
What to watch next
- Whether the government's Kannada and Culture department takes any steps to support the art form.
- Whether local groups such as the District Kannada Sahitya Parishat and Mandya Karnataka Sangha follow up with preservation efforts.
- Whether children and students are increasingly drawn into learning Yakshagana, as the speakers urged.
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