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Natrang to stage 'Bawa Jitto' in Navratra Festival  on 25th and 29th of September, 2017

Jammu 23rd September, 2017

Natrang Jammu is going to stage Internationally acclaimed Dogri play ‘Bawa Jitto’ on 25^th and 29^th of September, 2017 in the ongoing Navratra Festival-2017 in  Katra. The first show will be staged on 25th of September, 2017 at Matraka Auditorium, SMVD, University at 9 pm and 2nd show will be presented in the Auditorium of Spiritual Growth Centre, Katra on 29th of September, 2017 at 6 pm. This was disclosed here today by Padamshree Balwant Thakur at a press briefing held at Natrang Studio Theatre, Jammu. Giving details he said that with the support of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Katra NATRANG is organising two shows of the much celebrated Dogri play ‘Bawa Jitto’  which will add further colour and attraction to the ongoing Navratra Festival- 2017, Katra. Balwant Thakur thanked Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and Chairman of the Board Sh. N.N. Vohra honorable Governor J&K state for giving Natrang an opportunity to demonstrate before public the glimpses of their own history, heritage and culture. He further informed that Bawa Jitto has been one of the great devotee of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi who use to offer prayers at the Shrine every morning climbing the hills all way from the village Aghar and wanted the staging of the shows based on this saga of the supreme sacrifice of Bawa Jitto to become a permanent feature during the annual Navratra Festival, katra. He appealed all the stakeholders to come forward and support him to use this as an opportunity to revive the priceless cultural traditions of the region which have the capacity to become global cultural tourism attraction.

Written by Prof. Ram Nath Shastri, the play Bawa Jito is set in the rural backdrop, story of Bawa Jitto portrays the age-old saga of exploitation of landless farmers by landlords. Due to the constant and persistent pressures of relatives, with a piece of land as bone of contention, Bawa Jitto, a hard working, farm less farmer is forced to leave his native village. Accompanied by his nine-year-old daughter, he takes shelter in the house of a friend in Shamachak, a nearby village. The efforts of his friend Rullo result in a land grant from landlord in Shamachak and one fourth of the produce is fixed as land revenue. The hard work put in by him, the sweat and toil of Jitto turns a barren land into prolific treasure. This makes avaricious landlord to back out on his word and ask for major share of the crop. Helpless Jitto, unable to endure injustice, kills himself. The agony becomes boundless when Gauri, his little daughter immolates herself on her father's pyre.