A Hindi play ‘Richo Ecopai’ marked the fourth day of Aadi Vidrohi Theatre Festival. The play was performed at Shaheed Bhavan here on Thursday.
Narrating the tale of a young man ‘Ecopai’ who could not fight his fate, the play was adapted from the story of Oedipus Rex. The play is a tale which is usually narrated in the Karbi tribe of Assam.
Directed by Anup Hazarika, the play was directed by the artists of Ba theatre troupe, Assam.
The play is about a boy named Richo Ecopai. The tribe called Richo as King and Ecopai as the ‘Bhagya Putra’.
Once Ecopai was crossing the forests of Anaglong and he heard of a demon called Kilingchang Ket. The demon used to trouble all the passer by. He also used to trouble the villagers a lot. Everybody was troubled and upset by this demon. The demon used to ask the passers by the riddle and the one who could not answer the riddle had to face the consequence.
When Ecopai was crossing the forest, the demon asked him the same riddle. Ecopai was able to answer the riddle and so the demon left the village forever.
The villagers were so happy that they declared Ecopai as their king.
The queen of the village married him. But, a prophecy was that the king will be murdered by his son. Listening to this he left Ecopai at a cliff with his legs tied up. A shepherd saved him and the prophecy became true.
The play was wondrously performed by the artists leaving teh audience mesmerised.