e/Katha (storytelling format)

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has gloss	eng: Katha is an Indian style of religious story telling, whose performances are ritual event in Hinduism, and often involves professional storytellers called kathavahchak or vyas, who recite the Hindu religious texts, such as the Puranas, Ramayana or Srimad Bhagavat, often followed by a commentary, Pravachan. Sometimes such events take place in households when it involves smaller stories related to the Vrat Katha genre, for example, the Shri Satyanarayan Katha, and all are didactic in nature and used to instill moralistics values through the revelation of the consequences of human action (Karma) .
lexicalization	eng: Katha
instance of	c/Hindu traditions