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Dance forms of kerala I

Submitted by admin on Sat, 03/07/2009 - 18:00.

Kerala have many traditional dance forms and rituals.Some of them are still being performed widely. The dance forms can be classified as.
1. Temple Arts (devotional). A classical example of this is Mudiyettu. for a detailed exposure on mudiyettu see
http://www.cyberkerala.com/mudiyettu/

Thullal
This is another dance form.Thullal is said to have originated from kunchan nambiar. Nambiar was one of the greatest malayalm poests ever lived. He was also popular.See the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalakkaththu_Kunchan_Nambiar
about him.

Kathakali is said to have made kerala famous throught the world. In this classical art form,people speak only through sign language. Kathakali is a good example of how things can be communicayed without speech.

See http://www.artindia.net/kathakali1.html
and http://www.cyberkerala.com/kathakali/ for a thorough study of kathakali.

We end this with three videos on kerala dance




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