Traditional Gomira Mask Workshop - Upskilling mask makers of Uttar Dinajpur

The video is a quick over view of the making of traditional gomira masks at a workshop conducted by us , thanks to the Art for Hope 2025 grant from Hyundai Motor India Foundation. Nine trainees, either self taught mask makers or carpenters, benefitted from the training by two senior master Gomira mask artisans, Sachindranath Sarkar and Krishna Debsharma. In the last two decades or so, with an eye to commercialization and changing market demands, the traditional form of these masks began to change and became far removed from the aesthetics of the ritual masks. This project was an attempt to reintroduce to untrained artisans of Uttar DInajpur, the traditional look and feel of the craft. https://www.daricha.org/sub_genre.asp... © 2025 Daricha Foundation. All Rights Reserved