The title names two forms of traditional Sinhala folk theatre: sokari, the village ritual play associated with harvest and fertility observances, and kavi nadagama, the sung, verse-driven strand of the nadagama stage tradition. A reader coming to this book is presumably already interested in Sri Lanka's pre-modern performance forms and the texts and conventions that carried them.
The author is Prof Mudiyanse Disanayaka, and the book is published by Godage International Publishers, an established Colombo house issuing titles in Sinhala and English across literature, history and the arts.
The text is in Sinhala. There is no English translation or parallel text here, so the book will be of use to readers who are comfortable reading Sinhala script. Buyers outside Sri Lanka should take that into account before ordering.
It will suit students and teachers of Sinhala drama and literature, performers and researchers working with folk theatre, and readers building a Sinhala-language library on the island's traditional arts.
- Author: Prof Mudiyanse Disanayaka
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 264
- ISBN: 9789553015495
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