Given Name [alias] | Region(s) | appx. Period of Orgination | Occasion / Significance | Short Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Burrakatha [Jangam Katha] | Coastal Region, Rayalaseema, Telangana | first half of 20th century | Regional Festivals | It observes tales from the Indian Mythology. In the performance, the main artist narrates a story, plays music and dance on the tunes. The co-artists beat drums and speak to him, enriching certain events in the story. |
Butta Bommalata[mask's dance] | Tanuku, West Godavari | In this particular dance, the dancers wear masks of different characters and entertain people with their delicate movements, accompanied by non verbal music. | ||
Chiratala Bhajana | Villages of Andhra Pradesh | Lean months of summer | Chekka bhajana is the most popular form of narrative art in Andhra Pradesh.Chekka bhajana is similar to kolatam dance in many respects except for a few differences.One is the use of "chekka" (wooden pieces) instead of "kolalu" (sticks). | |
Dandaria | Northern Hyderabad | A Gond legend behind this dance is that an ancient Gond hero Dandaria, a descendant of the Pandava prince was the original creator of this dance. | ||
Dappu Dance | Telangana,Nizamabad District | Made of goatskin, a tambourine-like drum is beaten with sticks creating a rhythm that is softened only by the ankle bells that the 16 to 20 dancers wear. | ||
Dhamal Dance | Siddis of Hyderabad region | 12th century | occasion of marriage | This dance is ceremonial in nature performed especially on the occasion of marriage. |
Dhimsa Dance | Araku , Visakhapatnam | months of Chaitra (March/April) | The tribal dance sees 15-20 women forming a chain & dancing.Women attired in typical tribal dresses & ornaments dance to the beat of instruments like Mori, Thudum & Dappu Plyed by the male members. | |
Garaga Dance | Coastal Regions | The dancers put on colourful clothes and hold a bunch of margosa leaves symbolic of Shakti worship.The adept Dappu players produce varying beats in Trisara. | ||
Gobbi Dance | Coastal Regions | Sankranti festival | During evenings young girl's gather around these gobbillu to dance and sing. This dance is a derived form of Garba described in dance treatises. | |
Goravayyalu | Srisailam | During religious occasions. | The communal dance of the Shepherds. During their dance the males wore the black woollen cloth with effictive steps for cetain time and ater they move aprt from the festival region choosing the profession of begging. |
Saturday, 29 September 2012
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