Jatra is a form of folk-theatres in Bangladesh and West Bengal province of India. Jatras are usually epic four-hour-long plays featuring loud music, harsh lighting and dramatic props played on giant outdoor stages. Jatras are often very melodramatic with stylised delivery and exaggerated gestures and orations.

pilgrimage, fair or festival marked by a procession often pulling  or carrying chariots of the gods; also used to mean a crowd or a crowded place Jayapu farming caste among the Newar, one of Nepal's largest ethnic groups