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Classic
Dances
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| Name :KOOTHU | Tribe / Sect : CHAKYAR | Region : | District : |
| Description :THE KOOTHU IS VERY MUCH DOMINATED BY THE COMIC ELEMENT. IMPERSONATED THROUGH MIME AND GESTURE AND INTERSPERSED WITH OCCASIONAL DANCES, THE NARRATIVE ART OF THE CHAKYAR IS ESSENTIALLY DRAMATIC. | |||
| Name : PATAKOM | Tribe / Sect : NAMBIYARS | Region : | District : |
| Description :IT IS SIMILAR TO KOOTHU, BUT HERE THE DANCE ELEMENT IS ALMOST GIVEN UP AND THE NARRATION IS DONE THROUGH AN ALTERNATING PROSE AND SONG SEQUENCES, THE GESTURES BEING RETAINED. | |||
| Name : KOODIYATTAM | Tribe / Sect : CHAKYAR | Region : | District : |
| Description : BOTH MEN AND WOMEN PARTAKE IN THIS PERFORMANCE. THE DANCE DRAMA CONSISTS OF DETAILED AND ELABORATE ABHINAYA PROCESS. | |||
| Name : ASHTAPADI ATTOM | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description :THIS WAS POPULAR DANCE FORM BASED ON THE GITA GOVINDA OR JAYADEVA. THERE ARE FIVE CHARACTERS. THIS FORM IS NOW ALMOST EXTINCT. | |||
| Name : KRISHNANATTOM | Tribe / Sect : | Region : GURUVAYU | District : THRISSUR |
| Description :KRISHNANATTOM WAS CREATED AS A VOTIVE OFFERING IN THE GURURVAYUR TEMPLE. THE DANCE DRAMA IS BASED ON THE TEXT KRISHNA-GEETHA. COSTUMES AND ORNAMENTS SIMILAR TO THAT OF KATHAKALI. | |||
| Name : RAMANATTOM | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description :THE DANCE DRAMA ON THE LIFE OF LORD RAMA. HERE FACIAL ABHINAYA AND HAND GESTURES ARE GIVEN MORE IMPORTANCE. | |||
| Name : KATHAKALI | Tribe / Sect : | Region : ALL | District : ALL |
| Description :KATHAKALI IS THE CLASSICAL DANCE-DRAMA OF KERALA. VIVID AND ELOQUENT IN ITS CHARACTERISTICS MUDRAS OR HAND SIGNS, NATURAL AND IMPRESSIVE IN GESTURE, RHYTHMIC IN MOVEMENT, KATHAKALI RANKS HIGH IN INDIAN CLASSICAL FORMS. | |||
| Name : OTTAN THULLAL | Tribe / Sect : | Region : ALL | District : ALL |
| Description :THE DANCE HAS A HIGH TEMPO AND THE METRE AND RHYME OF THE OTTAN THULLAL SONGS ARE VERY FAST. THE COSTUME IS PECULIAR AND INTERESTING. | |||
| Name : SEETHANKAN THULLAL | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description :THIS IS ANOTHER TYPE OF THULLAL DANCE. THE SONGS AND DANCE IS A BIT MORE SLOW THAN IN THE OTTAN THULLAL. | |||
| Name : PARAYAN THULLAL | Tribe / Sect : | Region : | District : |
| Description :THE PARAYAN THULLAL IS THE SLOWEST IN TEMPO AMONG THULLAL. HERE THE DANCER ALMOST STANDS ERECT AND EXPLAINS THE MEANING OF THE SONGS BY GESTURES. | |||
| Name :MOHINIYATTOM | Tribe / Sect : ALL | Region : ALL | District : ALL |
| Description :THE DANCE SHOWS SYMMETRICAL PATTERNS OF EMOTION FLOW IN BALANCED NUANCES WITH SMOOTH FOOTWORK, SOMEWHAT QUICKENED BODY MOVEMENTS AND SPECIAL MUSIC. | |||