Anarya, Onnoshawr
Anarya, Onnoshawar is a performance-poetry ensemble formed on 5th February, 2000 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The name means "Non-Aryans, an atypical sound". The media is predominantly audio, with occasional visual aids. The group believes in deconstruction and experimentation and has been striving to give the traditional Bangla recitation a different voice.
The group is a full member of 'Bangladesh Abritti Shamonnoy Parishad' ( Governing body of performance-poetry and recitation organizations of Bangladesh). The group also runs a three-month long workshop on 'Experimental performance-poetry'.
Productions
1. Autho gawlpo katha (And there were stories) 2000
2. Beez (The seed) 2000
3. Raastar kobita (Poem of the road) 2001
4. Akushey February (21st February) 2003
5. Shapnobaaji (Dream-gambling) 2003
6. Jodio dushomoy (Though it's a dreadful-time) 2003
7. Camp 2004
8. September on Jessore Road 2004
9. Mrito manusher veer-a bashbhumi asthir ( Homeland : A land of corpses) 2008
10. Nodir rong machka fuler mawto laal ( The river runs red) 2009
Recognitions
The group was awarded "Nazim Mahmud Smriti Pronodona"1 in the year 2004 for the production 'Jodio dushomoy'
Timir Binashi Aalo
'Timir Binashi Aalo'(Light that Annihilates the Darkness) is organized by the group on 14th December every year in remembrance of the martyr intellectuals of Bangladesh during Libaration War in 1971.