yatran.
/ˈjɑːtrɑː/ India.
1. Chiefly in Bengal: a theatrical entertainment or song recital staged during a religious festival.
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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > other festivities
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > other types
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > other seasons and feasts > [noun] > theatrical entertainment or song recital during
yatra1827
1827 H. H. Wilson Select Specimens Theatre of Hindus I. p. viii The Dramatic pieces which have come down to us, are those of the highest order... Traces of these are still..observable..in the Játras of the Bengalis.
1882 N. Chattopadhyaya (title) The Yâtrâs; or, The popular dramas of Bengal.
1912 E. P. Horrwitz Indian Theatre xviii. 178 In a later age these musical dramas came to be called yâtras, even after they were detached from the temple precincts, and associated with the secular stage. Yâtras are no longer composed in Sanskrit or Shauraseni, but chiefly in Bengali.
1931 Indian Hist. Q. 7 561 At the present day, the Bengali Yātrà is being entirely moulded by the anglicised Bengali drama and theatre, and is..departing..from the older type.
2. More generally: a pilgrimage or procession; a festival.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > pilgrimage
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1912 E. P. Horrwitz Indian Theatre xviii. 178 Sacred operas were frequently produced in connection with the religious yâtras or processions of the Krishnaists.
1975 P. Theroux Great Railway Bazaar x. 114 ‘Are they looking for work?’ ‘Not looking for work. This is a yatra.’ So it was another pilgrimage.
1988 Hindu 25 Feb. 4/3 The five-day ‘Jazz Yatra 1988’ is opening here..tomorrow... The yatra will be held simultaneously in Bombay, Bangalore and Delhi.
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