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It is a folk dance with origins from southern Tamil Nadu and practiced in southern and Kongu Nadu regions. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] It was traditionally a war dance where few men wearing ankle bells would stand in a line with pieces of colored cloth and perform rhythmic steps to the accompanying music. [ 74 ]
Karakattam (karakam-'water pot'), or Karagam Puja in the Caribbean, is an ancient folk dance of Tamil Nadu performed in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. The ancient Tamil epic says that this type of dance derived from Bharatham and a mixture of multiple forms of Tamil dance forms like Bharatanatyam postures and mudras. The offering of this ...
A few temples in Tamil Nadu are closely associated with Nataraja and have their own myths of dance along with the halls specific to their version of dance. [ 5 ] In the above classification of Shiva's dance, as mentioned in puranic literature the temples are found within the geographical and cultural limit of Tamil Nadu .
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The dance has its origins in southern Tamil Nadu and is primarily performed in Madurai district, Tirunelveli district and Tiruchirapalli district. [2] It was traditionally a dance where a few men would stand in a row with two kerchiefs perform rhythmic steps to the musical accompaniment, with the number of dancers increasing; over the past ten ...
Kolattam is an ancient folk dance of South India, usually performed by women of all ages. [1] It is a community or chorus dance performed in groups. [2] The name "Kolattam" is derived from kol meaning "stick" and attam meaning "dance" in Tamil language. [3]
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Mayilattam is an artistic and religious form of dance performed in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in reverence to Murugan, a regional form of the Hindu deity Kartikeya. Literally translating as the "peacock dance", [ 1 ] the performers seat themselves upon a peacock replica, which is the mount of the deity.