KOCHI : Kathakali, the classical dance that portrays stories from the epics through facial expressions, hand gestures and complex footwork, to the accompaniment of music, has for long remained an ...

Kathakali dance form Kerala is the Southwestern Indian state that is popular for Kathakali dance form, people enjoy this.

As the drums beat and the cymbals clashed, coloured curtains trembled in the lamplight. It was a different kind of Kathakali like no other. ‘Chintha Vishtayaya Sita’, one of the famous poems of poet ...

Ancient epics are full of grisly deeds. In “Beowulf,” the hero yanks Grendel’s arm off and hangs it, dripping, from the rafters of the mead hall. In the Iliad, Achilles, after killing Hector, attaches ...

In 1978, the elaborately costumed husband and wife team of K.P. and Katherine Kunhiraman stepped onto the stage at the first San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and brought U.S. audiences a taste of ...

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 8 (ANI): The Deepotsav celebrations in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya held as part of Diwali are once again set to resonate on the global stage, showcasing diverse ...

PALAKKAD: Kalamandalam M P S Namboodiri is on a mission to publish a book to attract the younger generation to the complex, colourful world of kathakali. Speaking to TNIE at his home on the banks of ...

The flickering wicks of a large traditional oil lamp cast a pool of bright orange light in one area of the stage, a space where epic Indian stories are coming alive. As the brilliantly colourful ...

The repetitive presentation of Kathakali in global tourism platforms as the face of Kerala has raised apprehensions about Kerala’s overdependence on the art form leading to a loss of freshness in ...