KATHMANDU, Mar 03, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- By Binju Sitaula

"Please forgive me, if I'm talking wrong," standing in the middle of the stage, a narrator of a child play "Suppressed Voices" said.

The narrator was telling a tale about social classifications in Nepal and the impact of discrimination in the society.

"People say there is distance between upper class and lower class but I do not see any difference or distance between people," he further settle down the suspense amid audience about what next is going to be played.

The Play "Suppressed Voices" tells the tale of two families in a village, one belonging to upper class and the other belonging to lower class trying to tie knot between their under-age son and daughter who cannot speak properly (slurring of speech).

Finally, both families broke up when they discover each other's false flattery about son and daughter is in the state of slurring of speech.

Similarly, the play shows the domestic violence against women and hypocritical act of Member of Parliament though he belongs to upper class.

"The child play Suppressed Voices was not written by a particular author rather it was depicted during our workshop in Dhading district, some 50 km west of capital Kathmandu," Navraj Budhathoki, Chairman of Shailee Theater said in an exclusive interview to Xinhua on Wednesday.

The hour-long play focused on child rights issues was composed as a street play and has been showed in more than 30 districts across Nepal, according to him.

Shailee Theater in coordination with Russian Culture Center and Kartikya Child Talent Award is hosting a week long Children's play fair in capital Kathmandu since Monday.

"Shailee Theater is a group of young that provides trainings on drama and practice dramas. We are organizing this children's play fair on the occasion of 1st anniversary of Shailee Theater," Budhathoki told Xinhua.

According to him, the children's play fair aims to develop theater culture in Nepal. "We are trying to prepare our audience in future. Today's children hoarding here to view play are our audience of in future," he said.

He added that plays are committed to disseminate moral lesson amid children and parents to aware them about child rights issues in Nepal.

The tale in the form of play will help children to learn a lesson quickly because children have fun viewing play, according to Budhathoki.

After the development of film halls in Nepal, theater culture was shoved in shade. However, in recent days theater culture is also booming with the establishment of hundred of theaters across the country.

According to Budhathoki, seven children play being showed highlight on child rights, child psychology, and moral lesson and so on. Besides this, 200 audience turn up in the show dominantly most of them are students. Plus, organizers target at least 2000 students to attend the children's play fair.