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SUMMARY:The Best Snack Ever: On the Jester's Performance in Koodiyattam
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DESCRIPTION:Guest Lecture by Dr. Ophira Gamliel (Hebrew University)\nKoodi
 yattam\, a South Indian temple theater\, presents Classical Sanskrit drama
  since the tenth century. On the Koodiyattam stage\, the jester (vidūṣa
 ka) is the only character who speaks in Malayalam\, blending languages\, d
 ialects and registers\, mingling the divine with the mundane. We will watc
 h the jester swiftly altering the Sanskrit plot into performance in Malaya
 lam\, dismissing the ancient story of the captive king Udayana in favor of
  describing a stolen snack (ada) and elaborating on its excellence\, prepa
 ration\, auspicious reception and disappearance. By making the snack his f
 ocal point\, the jester subverts the boundaries between stage and audience
 \, tradition and innovation relentlessly turning the sublime into grotesqu
 e.
LOCATION:FNO 02/ 40-46
URL:https://khk.ceres.rub.de/en/events/en-best-snack/
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