Holi – the festival of colours The festival of Holi is celebrated on the day after the full moon in early March every year. Originally a festival to celebrate good harvests and fertility of the land, Holi is now a symbolic commemmoration of a legend from Hindu Mythology. The story centres around an arrogant king who resents his son Prahlada… Read more →
Kathakali means a story play or a dance drama. Katha means story. Belonging to the South-Western coastal state of Kerala, Kathakali is primarily a dance drama form and is extremely colourful with billowing costumes, flowing scarves, ornaments and crowns. The dancers use a specific type of symbolic makeup to portray various roles which are character-types rather than individual characters. Various… Read more →
Mohiniyattam is one of the eight Indian classical dance forms. This dance form of Kerala, South India is a combination of two words, mohini meaning a woman who enchants onlookers and aattam meaning graceful and sensuous body movements. Mohiniyattam (mohiniyattom) is soft and gentle and previously belonged to the Devdasi (temple dancers) community of Kerala. This dance form is appreciated… Read more →
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