Theme 1: Community Perceptions of Sundara Grama Activities Sample Clauses

Theme 1: Community Perceptions of Sundara Grama Activities. 3.1.1. Palla Of all the activities discussed in the focus groups, the palla was the best-known and liked. The Sundara Grama palla attracted participants because people enjoyed watching pallas. The palla activity was appreciated by focus group participants in multiple villages for its entertaining and educational aspects. One woman explained, “Yes, we found the palla very funny. We enjoyed it,” and a man stated, “They had talked about keeping a village clean...I liked hearing about that.” Focus groups in all intervention villages identified the purpose of the palla as promoting sanitation and awareness. Out of the six skits performed in the palla, participants named two skits that they enjoyed most: the story of the goddess Xxxxx and that of Uncle Nindhi. Material in the palla was not considered new or surprising by many participants. One participant said, “Nothing was new; one good thing was they reminded us through their stories.” The only complaints about the palla were related to recruitment, weather, and location. Recruitment for the palla was done by community mobilizers who recruited from door to door. In I1, members of the women’s focus group, which was held in a lower-caste section of the village, complained that no one had told them about the palla until it was over. In this village, it rained during the palla, resulting in a lackluster performance by the actors. Members of the male focus group mentioned that the palla should have been performed for a hamlet in a neighboring village that often came to their village to defecate in their fields. In Village I3, participants complained that the location of the palla lacked visibility and space.