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Mime play on Irom Sharmila draws crowd in Korea
CNN-IBN | Oct 13, 2011 Kolkata:
A mime play portraying 'Iron Lady' Irom Chanu Sharmila's 11-year-long hunger strike demanding repeal of the 'draconian' Armed Forces Special Powers Act has drawn applause at an international theatre festival in South Korea.
The one-hour stage drama 'Mirel Masingkha' or 'The will of soul', based on Sharmila's lone struggle, was showcased at the Chuncheon Festival in the South Korean city of Gwangju last week in homage to the victims of the 1980 Gwangju massacre by a military dictator. Sharmila's non-violent resistance has become a nucleus for collective protest against the AFSPA, under which the security forces can even kill people without fearing prosecution.
Earlier, the Kanglei Mime Theatre Repertory had presented the play 'Power's Act', based on a woman tortured by the Army.
Established in the year 1987, the mime group has participated in a number of international festivals like the International Puppet and Mime Festival of Kilkis in Greece and International Festival of Mime and Physical Theatre held at Macedonia.
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