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Music and Dance of India

Travelers to the country like it for the sake its beauty, never realizing that the music and dance is drenched in history, each movement conveying a message. Each step, gesture and musical note brings with it a meaning, however refined. Rajasthan is an example of the most luxuriously rewarding regions for folk dances, devotional songs and music.

Pro tribal performers in brilliantly coloured costumes entertain visitors and residents across the area. All this is accompanied by haunting ballads and hand made instruments.

Originating from the chanted hymns of the holy Vedas, music developed to express the seasonal cycles and the rhythm of rural work, became interlinked with dance forms to celebrate the crop, greet a specific season or worship a particular god.

In time church leaders started to consider the dances too suggestive and the ritual dancing was banned in the churches. Today, you can only find these conventional dances performed in churches at 3 events yearly. The Khajurako Dance Holiday is helfd in March. December sees 2 holidays, the Konark Dance Holiday and the Mamallapuram Dance Holiday . Visitors to India at these times will enjoy a wonderful treat by attending one of these holidays.

Kathakali of Kerala is a male-only dance form. The performers wear colourful costumes and the dances are full of intense drama. The performers act out traditional legends in extravagant costumes, accompanied by musicians and vocalists. These dances can regularly be seen in the Konark Dance Holiday in Nov .


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