The theatre buffs of the city will be introduced to the years old theatre form, Patiya Goi. This traditional theatre form will be introduced by Adakar theatre group. Patiya Goi will be performed on May 22 and 24.
Notably, Patiya Goi is a form of Dastan-e-Goi. While talking about the Dastangoi art, a renowned city playwright Rafi Shabbir informed that the word Dastangoi refers to the art of storytelling, it is a compound of two Persian words Dastan and goi which means to tell a Dastan.
Dastans were epics, often oral in nature, which were recited or read aloud and in essence, were like medieval romances everywhere. Telling tales of adventure, magic and warfare, Dastans mapped new worlds and horizons, encountered the unseen and protected the hero through many travails and lovers as he moved on his quest.
The hero’s adventures could sometimes parallel the mystic quest, at other times the story narrated a purely profane tale.
In the process of telling the story the narrators freely borrowed tropes and themes from other stories, thus it was that Rumi’s Masnavi and Arabian Nights both came to contain many stories from the Panchtantra tradition. In year 2005 Patiya Goi was performed in lucknow and become renowned worldwide. He said the group has tried to connect the traditional Patiyagoi with the Bhopali tehzeeb and tradition and give it a new form.