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The dancers who stumble from boyhood stardom to adulthood anonymity

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Gotipua child artistes, who experience the world as their stage and applause as a constant companion, face an uncertain future when they hit puberty, leaving them without skills required for a job. Satyasundar Barik reports on the traditional dance form in rural Odisha that recruits young boys into dancing as girls to honour Hindu gods and goddesses

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