23 August 2007 | Sala de proiectii a Studioului de film ASTRA |

Balade pictate

...de Astra Film Fest

In fiecare zi, Cinemateca ASTRA FILM SIBIU 2007 deschide cate o fereastra spre lume si spre oameni. Cele mai interesante filme documentare din ultimele doua decenii; filme de non-fictiune care au castigat premii la festivaluri internationale celebre; filme selectionate si premiate la ASTRA FILM

-festivalul de la Sibiu care a cucerit aprecierea si admiratia iubitorilor de film de calitate din toata lumea -pot fi vizionate pe tot parcursul anului Capitalei Culturale Europene la ASTRA FILM.

Each day the ASTRA FILM SIBIU 2007 Cinematheque opens a window towards the realities of the world and the every-day life of the people. The best documentary films of the past two decades, non-fiction films praised at famous festivals, award-winning documentaries of the previous ASTRA FILM Festivals are screened on each day of the Cultural Capital of Europe at ASTRA FILM.

De generatii, comunitatile Patua (Chitrakar) din Bengalul de vest au desenat si au cantat povesti pictate pe suluri de hartie. Picturile au multe teme, mitologice, religioase, sociale, dar mai ales probleme ale vietii femeilor si evenimente preluate din stirile locale si internationale. Temele cele mai recente sunt buna intelegere dintre hindusi si musulmani, Joz Bangla (infiintarea Bangladeshului), conflictele din Kashmir si evenimentele din 11 Septembrie. Pe vremuri, cantaretii colindau satele si primeau orez, legume si bani in schimbul recitalurilor. Sulul se desfasoara incet, iar pentru fiecare imagine cantaretul compune o strofa. in ultima vreme, competitia media a devenit tot mai acerba si cantaretii Patua trebuie sa se adapteze noilor conditii. Ca reactie la criza culturala si in scopul de a castiga un ban, femeile din satul Naya, de langa Calcutta, s-au organizat intr-o asociatie. Filmul le urmareste in viata de zi cu zi. Femeile picteaza, canta, gatesc, au grija de copii si participa la sedintele asociatiei.

For generations, Patua (Chitrakar) communities of West Bengal, India have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. Scrolls cover a variety of themes: mythological and religious, social and especially women’s issues, contemporary local and world news. The more recent themes are communal (Hindu Muslim) harmony, Joy Bangla (the birth of Bangladesh as a country), the battle of Kargil (Kashmir conflicts) and the 9/11 events in New York. In the past singers used to wander from village to village, receiving rice, vegetables and coins for their recital. They would unroll a scroll, recently a frame at a time, and sing their own compositions. But competition from other media eroded this way of life and now the Patuas are trying to adapt to changing conditions. In response of this cultural crisis and as a means to make extra money, group of women from Naya village near Calcutta form a scroll painters’ collaborative

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