She does great justice to this rare dance form. Beautifully and artfully covered. She really has gotten down to the details and shows a natural passion to know a foreign culture. Wonderful to see these committed dancers who are practicing this dance form in its authentic form!
Actually i was staggered to see a lady from New York in a passion with Sri Lankan cultural dance.. i really appreciate your enthusiasm on our traditional dancing styles..
I live in Sri Lanka and I do kandyan dancing. it's a rare dance for all other countries but is a lot common in Sri Lanka. You begin with the ' NAMASKARAYA ' .
You can come to our India to see the classical dances of our India which is just fabulous dances like Bharatnatyam , Kuchipuri , Kathakali , Mohiniattyam , Odishi , Chau , Katthak etc . Please you should come India and you must try those mind blowing dance forms from all over India . Love from India 💖💖🙏🏻
Before i started my music career, i was a Sri Lankan traditional drummer since 10th age. That Geta beraya (Playing in this video) was my very first instrument. I am very proud to see this video & thank you sharing our culture to the world.
I have read that during the British invasion period, certain techniques of the Sri Lankan fighting technique called "Angampora" were embedded into the steps of Kandyan Dancing as it was forbidden to practice Angampora by the British seeing it's effectiveness.
@@athula19 that's kinda obvious isn't it... One is a dancing style the other is a fighting style. What I meant was that I have READ (hence it is not a personal opinion I'm projecting) that certain aspects like the *mandiyata siteema*, certain body warming concepts and things of such sort that were similar to what was being done in angampora were passed down using dancing (including kandyan). So please don't *assume* that I've misunderstood or misinterpreted what the two are Mr. Gunawardana.
To get real detail steps about Anganpora you should get some secret information from people who are doing these things practices in Sri Lanka. Those costume's drums ( not a Getabera it's called Yakbera ) styles colours and secret warships doing some areas. ( Not every where) in this kandiyan dancin classes available in every where.
@@blazingumbreon510 what do you exactly wanna say...? Old or new, Local or foreign, traditional or not... there are things with values in different ways. I just appreciate whatever it is nice and not harmful.
I haven't heard of this dance is there a reason for that ? And she's doing a video about kandian dancing ! Hope Sri Lankans can and will understand that ❗
The Brits (Brits colonized the island by treaty as they failed to do so by war) banned the practice and education of our fighting arts among the new generations after colonization by shooting the masters, the crafty martial artists hid some forms of the Lankan arts of fighting in this dance. Especially in the male versions of this dance you may see some martial forms hidden in the dance so it could be practiced in the guise of a dance and by passing the ban.
@@blazingumbreon510 Oh shut up you Uncle Tom ... This is Sri Lankan and more Sri Lankan than your converted ass can ever be ... Your ancestors surrendered while we kept on fighting ... That is why today you are Christian and we are not ... Always remember that ...
omg its so refreshing to see a video of a yt woman talking abt sri lanka and not being all 'wOw sO eXoTiC aNd sTrAnGe hAhA' and like asks proper questions and is super respectful! mad props to her!
Really proud to see our traditions are maintained in countries other than Sri Lanka. Coz god knows we need it now, seeing how our own artists ruin our traditions here at home. The art must survive. Art is culture and history.
Sri lanka is a small country in this world..but we have our won heritages , respect to this us girl who really wanted to identify other natural culture..and she did very well..a great job..
Im also dancing kandyan and kandyan dance is so beautiful!!not only that learning kandyan dance is really hard for beginners.im doing this as a subject in my school.
It was really great. I am quite surprised with the host adoptions for Kandyan dancing. It is really difficult to get those moves instantly unless dedicated practice for long. It is remarkable. Congratulations all of you. Proud to see these
Proud to be a sri lankan and should provide our traditional dancing beauty for the world..bcz it's very difficult to learn and every one not able to do it..That skills birthing in sri lanka's blood..I respect to that.👍💪👌✌️👈🙏
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Yako me ape dans eakak ne Kenediya dans kiyala dala tiyenne mata mala painaww itin ape dans gindara wage udarata pahatarata sabaragamu 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
She dances very well, but it is very difficult for a girl in a western country to practice in kandyan dance.That ability is something that comes from the body of a girl in Sri Lanka, and her efforts are excellent
@@blazingumbreon510 Is that why the kandyan dancers are in the Independence day parade ? Its okay if this isnt your tradition. Just dont make fun of yourself by posting ridiculously stupid posts on youtube
Actually I feel the white girl is very talented to absorb this new dancing paradigm.how difficult is for us being in sri lanka to get used to balet or balroom.but she does the basic steps amazingly early and satisfactorily.may be her previous life was here.hearts with u
@@blazingumbreon510 This person is kidding here . This is Sri Lankan . Its not a sinhala dance noh . Dnt be stupid ..jesus will hate you if u sell him name like that
Point not mentioned was that this was originally exclusively danced only by men. Since under colonization the brits did not allow any sort of martial arts practiced, the secret movements invented this as a means to keep fit and practice their acrobatics (acrobatics are not shown here). This is my understanding please correct me if I am wrong.
This dance form helps develop great posture for both men and women. Women who are looking to buff up their lower region should consider learning this if weight lifting for butts are not an option.
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She does great justice to this rare dance form. Beautifully and artfully covered. She really has gotten down to the details and shows a natural passion to know a foreign culture. Wonderful to see these committed dancers who are practicing this dance form in its authentic form!
Hey, great to see you here too Shanika. Always standing up for our country.
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This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
@@blazingumbreon510 that's kinda rude : (
@@blazingumbreon510 um that's not true at all! As a Christian Sri Lankan I find your comment extremely ignorant.
ලංකාවේ බලන උනුත් ඉන්න්වද
Ow api
ow
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Innawa😁😁
yep
So cool, the Asian (specifically south) has such a rich culture, beauty in every act.
I will also study srilankan traditional dance, it is my big dream
Actually i was staggered to see a lady from New York in a passion with Sri Lankan cultural dance.. i really appreciate your enthusiasm on our traditional dancing styles..
This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
Proud to be as a srilankan and respect you for supporting to take our dancing culture to world.
So proud of SL. And very talented host.
budusaranai every one 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Great job 🙏
Very nice looking artform. These traditions have to be preserved. Appreciation from India.
I am proud to be a sri lankan Kandyan Dancer. Thank you vinitha piyasili madam. ❤️ Namaskar for the kohobha dewiyan🙏
We have westernized Sri Lanka so much that we are missing out on the beauty of our own
I live in Sri Lanka and I do kandyan dancing. it's a rare dance for all other countries but is a lot common in Sri Lanka. You begin with the ' NAMASKARAYA ' .
You can come to our India to see the classical dances of our India which is just fabulous dances like Bharatnatyam , Kuchipuri , Kathakali , Mohiniattyam , Odishi , Chau , Katthak etc . Please you should come India and you must try those mind blowing dance forms from all over India . Love from India 💖💖🙏🏻
Before i started my music career, i was a Sri Lankan traditional drummer since 10th age. That Geta beraya (Playing in this video) was my very first instrument. I am very proud to see this video & thank you sharing our culture to the world.
😍 I love Kandyan dancing
And I love Sri Lanka ❤️❤️❤️ 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
Proud of SL Dance school in NY ! How cool is that !!😎 Yes, great host and talent! Should invite Channa! Love to see more!
Who's here from Sri Lanka?
Me
Me me🇱🇰✊👍😃
why
I am from Kerala, india. I like Sri Lanka very much 😍😍
@@Truthholder345 it's soooo nice to hear💝💝😃
Who else thinks that she had already practiced before making this video?she did it so well
ifkr!!!!!!!!!
I have read that during the British invasion period, certain techniques of the Sri Lankan fighting technique called "Angampora" were embedded into the steps of Kandyan Dancing as it was forbidden to practice Angampora by the British seeing it's effectiveness.
Correct!
Don't miss understand that kandiyan dancin and Anganpora is a two different styles.
@@athula19 that's kinda obvious isn't it... One is a dancing style the other is a fighting style. What I meant was that I have READ (hence it is not a personal opinion I'm projecting) that certain aspects like the *mandiyata siteema*, certain body warming concepts and things of such sort that were similar to what was being done in angampora were passed down using dancing (including kandyan). So please don't *assume* that I've misunderstood or misinterpreted what the two are Mr. Gunawardana.
To get real detail steps about Anganpora you should get some secret information from people who are doing these things practices in Sri Lanka. Those costume's drums ( not a Getabera it's called Yakbera ) styles colours and secret warships doing some areas. ( Not every where) in this kandiyan dancin classes available in every where.
Yeah It's true and i learned it from one of the best angampora artists we have
Proud to be a sri lankan and she is fantastic!
Shut up This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
Blazing Umbreon Stfu and go read your bible
@@mattlikeshistory6419 u get lost silly ancient dancing people
Blazing Umbreon what have christians done for srilanka? eh?
Blazing Umbreon you follow the bible, we buddhists do our own thing. Simple as that. Dont like that? Fuck off
I think Disney should do a movie of a Sri Lankan princess. Just a thought
Yes they should
Really ?
@@DrugExperts yeh
😅😅😅
Umm youve heard of mulan? Thats gonn be a soft movie after this 😌😂
I'm so happy and proud to see this as a kandyan.
Good Luck Everybody..!
This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
@@blazingumbreon510 first of all you should know what's sri lanka. And then....
learn the meaning of silly.
@@kevinnaththanayake849 shut up, we Christians don't need these old traditions
@@kevinnaththanayake849 get lost u old traditional people
@@blazingumbreon510 what do you exactly wanna say...? Old or new, Local or foreign, traditional or not... there are things with values in different ways. I just appreciate whatever it is nice and not harmful.
People commenting here "Proud to be srilankan" here when they dont even do anything to endorse Kandyan dance in Srilanka is funny.
I haven't heard of this dance is there a reason for that ? And she's doing a video about kandian dancing !
Hope Sri Lankans can and will understand that ❗
@@milindajayathilake777 Its still going but not hitting to Mainstream media. it goes like underground in hiphop haha.
What a performance woow😍😍. නියම බෙරයක් ඒකනම් අඩනවා නියෙමට
Wow this just blew me a way .. she did a great job..
This is Ashley Roberts from The Pussycat Dolls! She’s a gifted dancer 😍
Proud of Sri Lanka. Thank you for this amazing video from NY
Need to visit these guys once in NY!!! Happy to see how they represent sri lanka!!!
She literally looks like Tapsee
Really love your passion in Sri Lankan traditions!
Lots of love from Sri Lanka ❤❤
I was thinking the same thing.. she's really like Tapsee 😍
@@dulmianupama7095 yeah seriously she is😊
The Brits (Brits colonized the island by treaty as they failed to do so by war) banned the practice and education of our fighting arts among the new generations after colonization by shooting the masters, the crafty martial artists hid some forms of the Lankan arts of fighting in this dance. Especially in the male versions of this dance you may see some martial forms hidden in the dance so it could be practiced in the guise of a dance and by passing the ban.
I was wondering the whole time why this wasn't mentioned in the video.
This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
@@thanushirajapakse4658 Because they don't know
@@blazingumbreon510 Oh shut up you Uncle Tom ... This is Sri Lankan and more Sri Lankan than your converted ass can ever be ... Your ancestors surrendered while we kept on fighting ... That is why today you are Christian and we are not ... Always remember that ...
@@yanushkagunawardena7092 We don't need your silly traditions
Ashley is a very talented dancer.She picked up a difficult form of dance quickly.
Wowwwwwwww.😊😊😊😊😊💗💗💗💗💗 what a great video...this is our heritage..I am proud of you guys.
i,m kandyan dance teacher in sri lanka gavermant national school,13experiance i like join with your dancing acadamy.thank you.
I came to see Reese Witherspoon
Sahan Jayasekara 😂😃
Lmao me too 🤣
Same here :D
So did I 🤣
Same here. 😬
omg its so refreshing to see a video of a yt woman talking abt sri lanka and not being all 'wOw sO eXoTiC aNd sTrAnGe hAhA' and like asks proper questions and is super respectful! mad props to her!
thankyou very much for transport our motherland's culture around the world.
ගොඩාක් සතුටුයි අපේ කලාව මෙච්චර ප්රසිද්ධ වෙන එක ගැන 🙏🙏🙏
That proud moment of being a Sri Lankan👊👊✌💪
This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
@@blazingumbreon510 wtf
Really proud to see our traditions are maintained in countries other than Sri Lanka. Coz god knows we need it now, seeing how our own artists ruin our traditions here at home.
The art must survive. Art is culture and history.
Proud to be a Sri Lankan❤️❤️🇱🇰
Sri lanka is a small country in this world..but we have our won heritages , respect to this us girl who really wanted to identify other natural culture..and she did very well..a great job..
The sound of Kandyan drum always gives me goosebumps...
Shut up you
This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
First watch, Liked and Subscribe!
Proud of our motherland
Im also dancing kandyan and kandyan dance is so beautiful!!not only that learning kandyan dance is really hard for beginners.im doing this as a subject in my school.
Thank you Miss Navinna and your troupe for taking our Island nation's culture and heritage beyond borders .... Jaya wewa ...Teruwan saranai ... !!
Thank youuu!! :D
I saw you in sanuka's comment section!
@@sasankakasun yes .. I remember commenting there also 😊
Its like doing squats continuously for the whole class!
Rachel Harris that's why we have nice butts 😂😂
very interesting video
@@shehanalye9696 This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
@@blazingumbreon510 you sure about it?
@@blazingumbreon510 Christian sri lankans? lol. actually you got no tradition in the world
Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ❤
It was really great. I am quite surprised with the host adoptions for Kandyan dancing. It is really difficult to get those moves instantly unless dedicated practice for long. It is remarkable. Congratulations all of you. Proud to see these
Proud to be sri lanka 🇱🇰🇱🇰
So happy more people are introduced to kandyan dancing ❤
Blessings from Sri Lanka
Lots of love from srilanka 😍😍😍
Very nize .your affort is excellent .
May the triple gem protect you all.greetings and blessings from sri lanka
Proud to be a sri lankan and should provide our traditional dancing beauty for the world..bcz it's very difficult to learn and every one not able to do it..That skills birthing in sri lanka's blood..I respect to that.👍💪👌✌️👈🙏
Proud to be srilankan 💖🙏
So proud 🇱🇰 Keep it up! ♥️
This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
Blazing Umbreon this is THE Sri Lankan tradition! Don’t make this anything about religion! Shut your racist asses up!
@@blazingumbreon510 Christian Sri lankans dont have their own culture . They just follow european culture .is that what you wanted to say? 😂
She did really well 👏👏
Epic! Fantastic! that our Traditional Arts are getting gradually globally recognised.
Proud to be Srilankan..... Jay Sri!!!
Proud to be a Sri Lankan...😍😍
nice work guys :)
So proud to be a sri lankan..
I proud of my country 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
Proud Srilankan 🇱🇰 ♥️😊
Thank you for this video.proud to be a Sri Lankan
wow this foreign girl dance sri lankan dance nicely😗
Love from Sri Lanka... ❤️🇱🇰
අපේකම අපි අගයන්න ඔනී 👍👍👍
In the thumbnail she looks like chulakshi ranathunge. Doesn't she?
D Lu වා also she looks like actress Taapsee Pannu
@@dillonmazcrenhanzers7534 that girl who was in pink movie right.?... speaking of bollywood, she looks like kriti shanon too... lol 😋
apo na
@@SachiraBhanu මට නම් ඒමයි පේන්නෙ 😌😒
D Lu වා yes pink movie.. yeah her smile is similar to kriti sanon
Proud be a srilankan ♥️♥️
Great work 1st look.Thank you
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Yako me ape dans eakak ne
Kenediya dans kiyala dala tiyenne mata mala painaww itin ape dans gindara wage udarata pahatarata sabaragamu 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
ඇත්තටම ආඩම්බරයක් දැනෙනව අපේ සංස්කෘතිය අපේ කම මේ විදිහට පවත්වාගෙන යන එක ගැන බටහිර රටකදී වුවත්. මම මෙතනදි වෙන මිනිස්සු වගේ ඇදම අඩුපාඩුම හොයල විවේචනය කරනව එහෙම නෙමෙයි. ඒ ඇමරුකානු තරුනියගෙ අත් දෙක තියන්න ඕන තැන හරියට කියල දෙන්න එතන කවුරුත් හිටියෙ නැද්ද මන්ද, මොකද අත් දෙක ලග වැඩි අනිත් අයට සාපේක්ශව බැලුවම. ඒ අඩුපාඩුව හදල දුන්නනම් 100%ක්ම වගේ ඒ ඇමෙරිකානු තරුනියත් ඒ නර්තනය අපේ අය වගේ කරනව. 🙂🙏
Take care of yourself ... buruwa
@@wickywickramanayaka7413 Why r u calling me "buruwa"?
සංවරව කතා කරොත් හොදයි නේද මහත්මයා එතකොට තමයි තමන්ගෙ ගරුත්වයත් රැකෙන්නෙ.
Proud!
Love this
I'am kandyan dancer ..nice your frist steps well done
Very nice sri lankan dance...😍😍😍😍
nice dance I love kandyan
Great job 😍
You are a natural, when it comes to the Kandyan dance of Sri Lanka !
Great work
love from srilanka
Great job🇱🇰💪
Proud to be a Sri Lankan 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
She dances very well, but it is very difficult for a girl in a western country to practice in kandyan dance.That ability is something that comes from the body of a girl in Sri Lanka, and her efforts are excellent
I was going to say the same thing. It's freaking amazing! It's really not easy for a foreigner to land it like that. ❤️
The dans in meding sri lanka
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Felt the same way!!
This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
@@blazingumbreon510 Is that why the kandyan dancers are in the Independence day parade ? Its okay if this isnt your tradition. Just dont make fun of yourself by posting ridiculously stupid posts on youtube
Wow..she picked it up so fast...good stuff👍
Actually I feel the white girl is very talented to absorb this new dancing paradigm.how difficult is for us being in sri lanka to get used to balet or balroom.but she does the basic steps amazingly early and satisfactorily.may be her previous life was here.hearts with u
සුභ පැතුමි ඔබ සියළු දෙනාට... දෙවි පිහිටයි
proud to be our country from sri lanka❤
Proud to be a Sri Lankan!
I love kandiyan dancing. You you know any class in London please
This is not sri Lankan, we Christian sri Lankans do not follow this silly things. This is not our tradition
@@blazingumbreon510 so you reply that
To every comment
@@blazingumbreon510 same again
@@blazingumbreon510 This person is kidding here . This is Sri Lankan . Its not a sinhala dance noh . Dnt be stupid ..jesus will hate you if u sell him name like that
@@erandikaharith1465 he is out of his mind . Please dont mind .
YOU are BETTER than you think ! ❤👍 June 2020
Super skills!!! keep it up😍
Proud to be a Sri Lanka
Great Work Love
My beautiful motherland .
Thank you all my sisters.. 🙏🙏🙏..you are doing so good job. Proud to be a Sri Lankan 😎😎😎
It's superb, I'm also kandiyan dancer 😊
Point not mentioned was that this was originally exclusively danced only by men. Since under colonization the brits did not allow any sort of martial arts practiced, the secret movements invented this as a means to keep fit and practice their acrobatics (acrobatics are not shown here). This is my understanding please correct me if I am wrong.
This dance form helps develop great posture for both men and women. Women who are looking to buff up their lower region should consider learning this if weight lifting for butts are not an option.