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A Saudha Celebration of South Asian Arts & Global Languages at Leeds City Museum
Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Cookridge Street, Leeds, LS2 8BH
Saturday 21 February 2026 at 1pm
This is a unique celebration of South Asian music, story-telling, theatre and poetry from different languages of the globe as part of marking International Mother Language Day at the Brodrick Hall of Leeds City Museum.
The event features a critically acclaimed Kalakar production of Indian classical music, classical dance, story-telling in a haunting theatrical setting UMRAOJAN scripted and directed by a leading interpreter of Indian classical music here Chandra Chakraborty.
The celebration is also brining an exotic and powerful art form from Bengal JatraPala (Bengali Opera / Village Theatre), a very popular folk ballad called Madhumala Madankumar - a unique way of story-telling ( English Narration) combining dance, Bengali folk music in a stunning theatrical setting, scripted and directed by T M Ahmed Kaysher.
In addition, the event will present a brief session of multi-lingual poetry with English Translation.
Free registration:
Venue: From Feb 21, 2026 to Feb 21, 2026 in Leeds City Museum, Cookridge Street, Leeds, LS2 8BH
