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Is there any theater in India?

Opera is a long-standing culture for the whole world. There are three main types of opera in the world, which are Chinese opera, Indian Sanskrit drama, ancient Greek tragedy and comedy. Opera has its origins in ancient times, and India has its own opera, the Sanskrit play.

The earliest form of Indian theater may have developed from the mime of music accompanied by dance, and there were many dramatists in ancient India before that.

For example, one of the most prominent poets and playwrights in ancient India was Birendra, whose plays are still very famous today, such as his Shakuntala and Yurveda. It is also because his plays are based on some epics and legends,and also from real life, can be the people of ancient India at that time, the city of the world situation reflects the best, so it also has a very good practical significance.

In recent years, India's a called "when we wake up dead people" the effect of the performance of this drama is very successful. It even got a spot in the Theater Olympics, when tickets sold out in just a few days after opening. India's play has also attracted a lot of attention in the community, just as people have different opinions about India, both praise and criticism, those who appreciate it think it's wonderful, and those who criticize it think it's unknowable.

This is actually the cultural divide and the gap caused by India is a neighboring country of China, and for China has always been the originator of the Oriental drama this point of view of many people in the heart of the implementation. So many people on the Indian theater is very little understanding, which also leads to the Indian theater, as if it has always been the Chinese theater is better.