In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. Characterized by slit eyes, which appear as convex ...

The Chhau dance of Eastern India — Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal – is a blend of martial traditions, temple rituals, and folk and popular performance of this region. Episodes from the epics ...

This isn't what I expected from a UNESCO World Heritage-listed folk performance. On stage, a butcher brandishes a pair of testicles, freshly cut from a slaughtered bull, and tries to sell them to the ...