Usha Venkatraman
Long ago, Mumbai was originally an archipelago of seven islands. Indigenous tribals have inhabited Mumbai since the Stone Age. The Kolis and Aagri (a Marathi-Konkani people) were the earliest known settlers and the tradition of storytelling had always been an important part of their culture.
In the Maharashtra region, one such storytelling tradition is Chitrakathi, that combines musical oral narratives with a set of paintings illustrating the story
Today, oral tradition exists in Mumbai, Maharashtra only because of the devotion and
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