Kathakali is the classical dance-drama of Kerala, which dates from the 17th century and is rooted in Hindu mythology. Kathakali has a unique combination of literature, music, painting, drama, acting and dance. The connoisseurs of art world qualified as 'a total art' form of immense sophistication and power'. Kathakali - "Katha" means story and "Kali" stands for dance.It is a mime show, dancing with mudras (formulated hand gestures conveying the text of lyrics) and specialized dancing steps following the song rendered in the background by a singer to the accompaniment of Chenda, Maddalam (country drums), Chenkila and Elathalam (Cymbals). Aattakkadhakal (stories for dance), the poetic compositions of legendary stories to special metric scale, set to music in classical Carnatic style are danced out.
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