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Going Beyond Tradition

Going Beyond Tradition is a nostalgic appeal to facilitate in the young minds the basic fervour associated with celebrations and festivities. Every person of a village being adept at playing one instrument or the other, or sing and dance confidently has become a thing of the past. It focuses to re-instil and train young women and men to participate in the culture and folklore, be it playing instruments, singing, music in general and the associated revelry. A noteworthy contribution of this is the encouragement of women to participate and learn playing an instrument or sing may be, previously restricted under the veneer of cultural prejudices.

  • Dinanath Doimari
    Director
  • Green Hub
    Producer
  • The Ant
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Community, Tradition, Culture, Youth
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 17 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 7, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Dinanath Doimari

Since 2005, Dinanath Doimary has been working with the organisation The Ant in Chirang district of Assam. In 2017, Dinanath joined the Green Hub fellowship program and made 2 major films, both depicting his community in Chirang.

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Director Statement

Going Beyond Tradition is a short film on Sifung Harimu Aafad - a youth group in Chirang District of lower Assam which is trying to revive traditional Bodo music and dance. Through this film I intended to aware the youth the importance of our lost traditions and how one group is already trying to revive it. I must also mention that the message I wanted to deliver has successfully reached the youth of my area and more and more young men and women are showing interest in learning our form of music.