Wednesday, 25 November 2015

#52 Art Forms : Kathakali

Surpassing over an exposure where the blend of culture and heritage takes a prominent role with Kerala, the god’s own country. From the primitive days, Kerala has been rooted deeply with cultural and heritage art forms. Though festivities and celebrations are common in Kerala, especially with religion and temple , it mainly followed  an orthodox  way of arts. After some decades , some reflationary changes have come to the facet o temple and religious festivals.  Many Art forms have born and developed. Kathakali  is one of the main art form being born and popularized. In ancient days, Kathakali the art form got venues only in palace stages. In those era, The local kings are the main enjoyers of Kathakali.  They effort  very much to promote Kathakali in every aspect.  Initially in those days of long ago, kathakali has only a limited audience. The Kathakali in full length is about 5 days. Its reality, the kathakali needs a span of 5 days to finish the play. The Kathkali artists have considered as the men behind a noble and dominant art form and they enjoyed the love and honor o the art lovers.  The Kathakali has stories from mythology and from Hindu classics. The stories have taken from Ramayana and Mahabharatha  are subjected to Kathakali and it’s like “Nala Damayanti”, “Kalyana Sougandhikam” and “Lanka Dahanam” etc, are popular. Karhakali has hundreds of “Mudras”and those who know the mudras  could get the maximum enjoyments from Kathakali

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