From the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief

Narratives whether written or oral, visual or performative, contains the character, events, place and time. The transformation is manifold, involving the customs, costumes, beliefs, and expressive words for the purpose. The narrative bears tradition and also individual talent. An oral tradition is a community act. The singer-audience interaction stimulates the listeners, and the presence of the audience encourages the singer to frame mental text while singing. Every performance is unique since it is recreated; therefore, the oral and performative acts always have variations. The action in the literature is visible in the mirror of the mind when it is read
out since it is an individual act and has an indirect relationship between the writer and readers. Visual narrative art is also an individual act in modern times, but in traditional societies, it is a small group activity. The narratives painted on the walls of the house or sacred centers contain the themes of divine and human relationships in the background of nature. This constitute of nature-culture relationship.

This volume focuses on performance. The articles present in this volume, one way or the other, represent performance based on their cultural context. An ethnographer‘s study is also a performance act in which space and time are manifested through its situated symbols. Meaning is embedded in the symbols and also in the narration.
Bringing out Lokaratna is a selfless, dedicated editorial team work through which there is a spirit of promoting the new scholars and highlighting senior scholars for knowledge sharing. Lokaratna, in the last fifteen years, has had no policy of price contribution with the hope that the writers of Lokaratna would contribute their knowledge for posterity. Their intellectual contribution will be perpetuated through a selfless act, not just to get it published and add
value to their professional career. We wish that the scholars connect and suggest the
improvisation of Lokaratna. Since 2021, Lokaratna has been a biannual journal, accommodating as many as articles in the journal. It is a matter of pleasure that young scholars contribute qualitative articles. We don‘t
need a tree which would bear fruit, but we plant a tree which will bear fruit. The scholars
should be provided with an opportunity to flourish. The world has witnessed the academics
and believes that the people who engage in the act of intellectual activity also have a stage of
development and will to grow.