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So happy to see our Manipuri Ras Leela in the video. Our state Manipur has lots of traditions, culture and communities. It's basically a small version of India 😂 and this dance is from one of the communities which follows Hinduism. It's Lord Krishna and his beloved Radha dancing with Gopis (women who loves and follows Lord Krishna). The skirt like thing worn by the women is called Potloi. Radha will wear a different color than the rest of the Gopis to let us know which one is her. It's pretty heavy and hard to move around. It doesn't touch our legs when worn so when I performed this dance(only once) I forgot to lift it up and I tripped on the steps while walking around. I didn't bother to get up cuz I was laughing too hard 🤣 mum came running to cover me cuz u can't fold the skirt as it's made out of thick cardboard, clothe woven over it, hand stitched every small gems and decorations. We don't speak Hindi, we have lots of languages in our state and I think I might be the only Meitei here on this channel (one of the communities in the state)
Thank you for this comment. I have worked with Meitei people and even helped develop an internet-compatible script for the language. The people of Manipur are awesome, I love their company. Such pure-hearts :)
You tripuris, manipuris n assamese r very similar with mainland indians. Real northeast Indians r arunachal pradesh, mizoram n nagaland..... We r unique n rare
We play Ras leela at Wetern UP in Brij area too thats around Mathura n Agra ... place of Krishna.... really enlightening information.... lots of love from this brother
Correction at 42:06 Japan filipino Indonesia thai Malaysia and to some extent china all are culturally influenced by india weather you talk about god's, music or singing. The core is always Vedic i.e Indian. If you are fascinated by some style of any form make sure to check does it has its roots in india coz most of them have whether western or south asian or Asean .
Yah back in the day, India had ruled over present day Malaysia and Indonesia and Philippines and all over SE Asia, so there was a cultural transfer at some point from Indian over to the other regions.
the Kathak dance in this video is performed by 3 sisters Niti Mohan, Shakti Mohan and Mukti Mohan Niti is a well known singer and also the song is sung by her Shakti and Mukti are well known dancers
Our Hinduism is mainly divided into four sects 1. Vaishnavism ( one who worships Lord Vishnu) ,2. Shaivism ( one who worships Lord Shiva) 3. Shaktism ( worshipping various forms of Goddess Shakti) and 4. Smartism ( nondualism). Most of our classical dance revolve around these four sects.
@@Khushal230 yeah but in Hinduism we have concept of 1supreme power or divine entity and others are seen as manifestation of same. So 3 divisions are based on whom they consider as ultimate source of reality. In india hindu,jain,shikh, buddist'workship each other doesn't means they all are from all religions. Also there is misconceptions that Hinduism is polytheistic its mix of all
@@Khushal230 you are wrong about it, on top of the iceberg every one worships but excludes the core rules that comes with it. There's a rule if you put lord Vishnu and Maa Lakshmi as the core God's you worship every day you can't put Shakti in that same puja room. In my house we have Lord Shiva and Devi Durga hence we are not allowed to have baal gopala in the same place. You can either chose Shakti Shiva or Vaishnav. If you look at Sankari community in our state Assam, they even bath if they saw idols. Yeah it sounds odd but they have naam ghars where they worship Geeta and lord Krishna in no face form. They follow the path of Guru Shrimanta Shankaracharya. Whereas we Brahmans don't step in naamghars and go to temples. Since my family is more leaned to Shakti and Shiva side we are not followers of Vaishnav Philosophy.
@@mimis.5139 my father is a pujari and we worship gopalji in temple. Here, in my area most of the people I know follow every hindu god and godesses, vishnu, kalia, ram, krishna, ganeshji, shivji, maa laksmi, mata saraswati, our regional and tribal gods and goddesses, our home eastadevis. You follow your supreme God, we worship everygod, nature and our eastadevi. What we will be called then?btw I see you everywhere😁 and first time talking to you.
1:43:53 yes Bhagra is exclusively a male dance art form. But it has an exclusively female version as well called 'Gidda'. Both have same Punjabi origion. In some performances both males and females perform together but they still perform their respective dance forms.
No there are many girl teams who do bhangra as well. I do bhangra and many other women i know are in different teams and compete in many competitions. Yes women do gidha but they also do bhangra
@@rooptoor7685 I agree with you. Any Dance form is a combination of signature dance steps and there is a continuity in various steps in terms of body movement. Now, a women is well within her rights to take up learning and performing bhagra. Its not like women are prohibited or restricted or forbidden from performing bharga. My point was from a traditional stand point it's overwhelmingly performed by men only. Also my main intention was to highlight Gidda as a counterpart to Bhagra and vice versa.
21:10 All the classical dances have similar grammar because they all originate from the Natyashastra. And all of our classical music originates from the Samaveda. This is what I have read and heard from experience learning carnatic for more than 15 years.
"origin of music" - The Samaveda, is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and part of the scriptures of Hinduism. One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text which consists of 1,875 verses. All but 75 verses have been taken from the Rigveda.
Kadhakali is a major form of classical Indian dance. It's one of the difficult art form to learn. Basically kadhakali means = Kadha ( story in Malayalam)+ Kali ( play ). They are telling a story . Kadhakali 's roots are in the temple folk arts ( Krishnanattam ) . Kadhakali is a very interesting art. I'm from Kerala and that's my favourite art form. Music is central to a Kathakali performance. It sets the mood and triggers emotions resonant with the nature of the scene. The text of the play or the ballad is sung by two singers in the background. The lead singer is called the ponnani and the assistant the shinkiti. They sing in manipravalam ( sankrit + Malayalam) They use chengila and ilathalam to maintain the rhythm. Many musical instruments ( other than ilathalam & chengila )are used in Kathakali. Three major drums found are Maddalam(barrel-shaped), Chenda (cylindrical drum played with curved sticks) and Idakka (Idakka, hourglass-shaped drum with muted and melodious notes played when female characters perform). Make up is another interesting part in kadhakali. The facial painting are called mukhathezhuth. ( Mukham = face + ezhuth = writing/ painting). Actually, it's not really paint. The artists use various minerals to paint their face. Kathakali make up is an elaborate process lasting for 3 hours.It helps in giving a super human look to the actors.All the colours used in the make-up are obtained from natural substances and herbs. For example, the red and yellow colours are made by powdering stones like Chaayilyam and Manayola respectively. A mixture of lime and rice flour serves for white. The green colour is produced by mixing Manayola and Neelam (blue). Coconut oil is used as the base for mixing these stone powders. Another stone, Chenchilyam is powdered and applied in order to protect the skin from burns. Kanmashi or Kajal (the black substance) is prepared by burning gingelly oil. Kumkumam or saffron is also used for the make-up. Kadhakali artists should learn to do their own make up. Because the most part of the facial painting are done by artists them selves with the help of a mirror. Chuttikkaran ( make up man )puts the Chutti(a series of white ridges built up from the chin to the either side of the cheek) which forms the second stage of make-up. Atlast artist use chundappoo to change their eye colour. Once the facial makeup is over and just before starting the body costume, the performer need to put the flower seed in the eyes. He places his eyeballs up, and gently put the flower seed in lower eyelid. Then he gently pinches the lower eyelid and drag forward. The flower seed goes inside and stays there. The performer closes the eyes and roll his eyeballs. When he/she opens his eyes, the eyes turns red in colour. Logic of red eyes in Kathakali The facial makeup of Kathakali is so colorful and a white eye doesn't look good. The red eye adds an unearthly ambience to the face. Eye movements along with hand and body movements are unavoidable in Kathakali as it completes the beauty and elegance of Natya and Nritha.
@@hariharan8988 The five major Veshams (name of a make-up) in Kathakali are Kathi (Knife), Pacha (Green), Thaadi (Beard), Minukku (radiant) and Kari (Black). The noble and the divine, appear in Green. Kathi represents the arrogant and evil, however, with a vein of gallantry. Chuvanna Thaadi (Red Beard) denotes vicious characters, while white stands for divinity. Kari personifies evil personalities. Minukku vesham usually represent women characters or saints. There are sub types also , like kathi vesham is in 2 types . Ninam is a rare vesham in kadhakali. It's scary. Ninam means blood. In Narakasuravadham ( a mythological plot) kadhakali Jayanthan, son of Indran disfigures her by cutting her nose and breasts. In this scene, she comes to see Narakasuran with her body soaked in blood, flowing from her nose and breasts. This scene is mentioned in Kathakali as 'Ninam' . Preparation should start a day before to play ninam and it's kinda scary. So people usually don't prefer those.
@@hariharan8988 in this particular clip , I can't guess the character because i can't hear the song properly. The crown in their head is made of wood. the crown alone weighing between 2.5 kg to 3.5 kg, depending on the character .
Eh... no. Kathak is much older than bhakti period. Kathak used to tell devotional and legendary tales from Hindu texts through dance. But in medieval times regimes changed to Islamic ones. Temples and kingdoms that supported those themes were gone. Due to change in the court culture of the times, Shringar rasa ( what you called love) became more prevalent than devotional aspect. Krishna was of course popular diety but it was the Ras leela aspect that still got fans. When British suppressed it due to missionary influence kathak faced extinction a second time. At first they tried to make them sing bible tales instead of Hindu legends. But that was resisted. After than it was full on attack. Missionaries tried to ban it. The katahk dancer were called natch girls and they wrote articles like" all that's wrong with Hindu women"... the tickle effect was so that even Hindus started looking down on them. ( the British education system took care of the). After all we even adopted dowry system from them. They demeaned the kathak dancers so much that It almost disappeared barring some Tawaifs still performing it. Again they would be more focused on shringar rasa but we can still thank them to keep it alive in some form. In such an atmosphere one family- Durga Prasad Misra in a bid to save the art, came to Lucknow in 1800s. He taught dancing to his own sons tho are considered to be pioneers of Lucknow Gharana or Kalika- Bindadin gharana. Under patronage of Wazid Ali shah who himself was an art connoisseur and actively participated finally Kathak managed to survive as a respectable art form. This gharana kept the art going through it's male members. Jairpur and Banaras gharana were established by the members of this family only. You may have heard of Birju maharaj- he was a legendary dancer himself but he was also revered so much for that reason.
Guys no need to Apologize... I had fun just completed the entire Episode. You guys are doing great and Do make a Part 2 of this Podcast , Love to hear more what you guys trying to Learn. We Got 22 Official languages.
23:34 / 1:58:57 The Mohan Sisters Neeti Mohan is an Indian singer. She sings mainly in Hindi and few Tamil films. Shakti Mohan is an Indian dancer, choreographer and television personality. She is the winner of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance 2. Mukti Mohan is an Indian dancer and actress. She participated in Star One's dance reality show Zara Nachke Dikha 2 and emerged as the winner.
Oh, you still haven't seen very popular dance forms like Garba, Dandiya, Ghoomar, Bihu, Rouf and many others. They're all vastly different, representing various parts of our country. And these are just the popular ones; there are countless others. Folk dances are often not inspired by deity worship but rather by celebration, harvesting or some festival. Then there are dances for motivating warriors before war and dances for celebrating war victory. Some dances invoke spirituality by their simplicity, like the Sufi Dervish. Many dances here also celebrate small enriching moments of life, all human emotions, including sadness and melancholy. Many dances are also performed on the demise of someone and many on the birth of a child. Every emotion is celebrated in this country. Some are refined and attested to texts and techniques, some tell stories and explain myths, and some are just straight out of the heart. But, it's already a lot for one episode. I love you guys. Bye ;)
1:20:38 Sattriya is a danceform from the state of Assam (it is in Northeast India.. North has Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Kashmir, etc..Remote region of India is North East basically). There are 22 official language in India: 1) Assamese, (2) Bengali, (3) Gujarati, (4) Hindi, (5) Kannada (6) Kashmiri, (7) Konkani, (8) Malayalam, (9) Manipuri, (10) Marathi, (11) Nepali, (12) Oriya, (13) Punjabi, (14) Sanskrit, (15) Sindhi, (16) Tamil, (17) Telugu, (18) Urdu (19) Bodo, (20) Santhali, (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri.
Lady Waleska is very articulate and very good in explaining and full of knowledge about music understandings .....Love her wide understanding all about music....i got schooled from her explaination...Efra also improved a lot in giving opinions and observations of every type of genre....love this siblings....kudos to your parents.....
Efra and Waleska, you guys are super intelligent and perceptive. The way you differentiated the emotion between Bharatnatyam and Kathak was just genius. Bharathnaytam is rooted more in austerity, yoga and philosophy, while Kathak is rooted more bhakti, emotion and romance. It is pronounced as Bha-rat-nat-yam.
1:47:00 I really want to say that yes every religion like Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism,sikkhishm,originated from sanatan dharma(basically Hinduism) ... different people having diff thought chose one separate path...but we still are the same...we celebrate every festival . Yes you should react to Indian history ,you would be blown away by the fact that modern science and Hinduism is correlated. Indian subcontinent contained all the partitioned and many more regions, unfortunately we were attacked many times....but we still conserve our history And yes about Japan...the gods there are same as Hinduism but with different names.... Love from India ruclips.net/video/8PxMqQh_vf4/видео.html for those who say Buddhism is not sanatani
@@vinantigurdhale4345 really? Its the history ...i dont know about buddhist people like what they think now....but the founder of buddhist the buddha was a hindu ....and we hindu have a auspicious day buddha purmina....they are not apart...people can make the difference but we are all in sanatan dharma
@@maahijha7391 buddha was born Hindu and then he left the religion because it was inadequate to find/create a new religion. I've heard hindus say shit like he was reincarnation of shiva to push the false narrative. buddhism doesn't have God or myths like hinduism. they are different. even the basic structure is different. Hindus apparently wanna take credit for buddha's life but he in fact despised their ideologies. a simple peak in history will clear that
@@vinantigurdhale4345 cmon girl 😂if we hindu were to do this ....we could have done this...it is the only religion that didn't advertise ...we are the most tolerating ones ..but not now
I am not sure of this but I heard that most of classical Indian dances originated from the dance form called "tandav" which was a dance performed by God Shiva. It Is said that 108 dance forms were derived from that dance form alone.
All shastriya dances are called shastriya since they are based on Natya shastra penned by Bharat/Bharath and thus have same root. Though it is said to be treaty on Tandav. So philosophically you are right too.
Kathakali is story telling dance style. It started off as a temple dance form known as Krishnattam as it was mostly story telling of leelas (plays) of Lord Krishna. It started using other stories from the Puranas by 17th Century and morphed into today's Kathakali. Traditional Chinese opera is derived from Kathakali. In fact, they tried to absorb even the makeup & story telling style.
@@lokeshchauhan2051 Yeah I can suggest but since RUclips doesn't allow us to send links through comments, so I'd just recommend you some channels. 1. Tanmoyee Chakravarty Kathak (watch the most popular video of her) 2. Vidha Lal (you might watch her shorts) 3. Chitresh Das Dance Academy (they are the world class performers, so you'd be happy to watch any of their videos, but I'd recommend some Taranas in Malkauns or Jogkauns raga). You might ask me for more info, if you want. Thank you 🙏💕
1:43:58 In fact, yes! Bhangra is exclusive to men. There's a folk dance for women as well, and that's called Gidda. Both folk dance forms have roots in Punjab. Good question.
15:00 it is easy to say: Bharata + Natyam. The word "Bharata" is also the name of India in Sanskrit. It is the actual name. India is anglicized. "Bharata" is the actual name.
that's wrong - Bha is for Bhava, Ra is for Raga and Ta is for Tala! Natyam means dance drama! Please avoid commenting on things you're not educated on.
@@madokakahushi3548 No you are totally wrong. Bharata has multiple meanings. It is not just to do with the backronym. The backronym (which you are quoting) is actually a 19th century invention. The original name comes from Nāṭya Śāstra whose author is Rishi Bharata. The Rishi himself is named after Bharata, the Emperor who ruled over Ancient India. The country is named after Emperor Bharata.
@@spilltea4241 Indo/Indus is Greek. The anglicized version of "Indus" is India. The name "India" is not found in any Greek text. Rather, it is called Indus/Indo. The corruption of the word Indus was done by the British Empire unconnected to the Greeks (who themselves corrupted the word Sindhu).
@@madokakahushi3548 Also I split it as "Bharata + Natyam" to make it easy for Efra to pronounce. I wasn't expanding the backronym. Then I explained that Bharata is also the name of India.
The articulated hands you talked about in the satriya dance especially the flute form is actually the flute playing representation of lord Krishna. This is a dance form worshipping lord Krishna. Since our great scholar and spiritual ascendant of lord Krishna, great Sri Sri Sankardev was a follower and ultimate devotee of lord Krishna and he preaches non-idol worshiping practices which most of us Assamese people follow and practice, satriya dance form popularised under him which were danced in “namghar”, worshipping place to lord Krishna introduced by great Sankardev. He lived for 118 years only to sacrifice himself by meditating to ascend from your body, at end due to reasons or he’d lived longer.
It's Raksha bandhan time in India... It's a festival for brother and sister... Since you guys are brother and sister, you might be interested to learn more about this festival.
2 months back I asked for a podcast dedicated to Indian dances. Some thought that maybe your expertise is more in music and instruments so this recommendation by me was not a good idea. But I knew that y’all would do a great podcast on this and YOU ACTUALLY DID! So thank you so much for almost 2 hr long podcast for our Indian dances. Really appreciate it 🙏🏻
1:39 Nope... Buddhism actually arises from Hinduism...Lord Buddha was actually a Hindu king before he became left kingdom in search of liberation..Then his followers spread his teachings and established a religion called Buddhism..Both religions have many similarities 1:47 Sikhism is like mixture of Hinduism and Islamism (in short) AND HONESTLY THIS IS THE FIRST HISTORY CLASS I LOVE...BEST PODCAST EVER ❤️❤️❤️❤️
When Buddhism arose, Hinduism wasn't a collective whole but it was divided into sects like Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism...also Buddha was a Shaivaite, in those times, religion itself was very liberal and father and son could have totally different religions. Also there are huge differences between the two and one of the major reasons why Jainism and Buddhism got very popular at that time was due to dominant caste and varna differences in sects. It was later when Hinduism got its collective form that Buddha and Mahavir were called Vishnu's avatars but it was rejected by the respective priests and leaders of these religions.
@@mridulsharma768 In those time there was no religion except Hinduism so,Plz explain how can a father and son have different religions? (You meant sect?) and I didn't say These two religion are same I said similar.And still now ,Hinduism is not a collective whole,well it's shouldn't be...after all Hinduism is not a "religion" it's a way of life And Buddha and Mahavir is actually not avtar of Lord Vishnu it's just a misunderstanding...Adi Buddha is an avatar of Lord Vishnu not Gautam Buddha
@@nerdquinn7787 I didn't say they were an avatar, I said it was later tried to be clubbed together and it has been rejected by leaders of both religions. Secondly, I said there was no solidified Hindu religion, it was divided by sects and so while a father can be a practicing Shaivite, the son can very well adopt Vaishnavism. Yeah even today there are sects but we have a weaved mythology today which involves everyone, it wasn't the major focus back then and sects were more important.
Sattriya is from Assam State of India. And yes it's Krishna with pronouncing the SH. We Assamese people tend to pronounce our shh as sss. It's a language thing. Hope this comment makes sense
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Mostly Indian Poetry, Drama, Classical Music , Painting, Sculpture is part of our religious offering to the deities. The Indian Cinema has adapted those performing arts to suit their story telling.
Guys kerala is the state in which people speaking Malayalam is living .....It is also called GODS OWN COUNTRY 🌠....That is kathakali u guys watching ...it is a classical form of story telling ....and that thing u called " dollac " is actually called CHENDA ✨ that is an instrument seen in every function in Kerala I think it is CHENDA (that instrument with high frequency )is more popular on the south than north And kathakali is only understanable if we know the story...it is not drum Efra..my man ..it is CHENDA😁😊😍 And about the weather in Kerala ..it is pretty hot but we guys are ..u know comfortable with it BCS we live here forever ....if u guys wanted to see more CHENDA work just check Thrissur poorum✨ it is the biggest festival in Kerala and it has more than 30 CHENDA Players performing at once and so many KERALA ELEPHANT 🐘....and i think MOHINIYATTAM is from south Malayalies ഇവിടെ come on💪
Non Indians don't understand that Hinduism is not just a religion it's a lifestyle and its essentially the root of all Indian culture,, doesn't matter what your religion is if you're living in India some aspects of Hinduism are always impacting your life whether it's thru music, dance, festivals, clothing etc. And the reason is that Hinduism goes as far back as the existence of our country. If indian civilization is 10k years old the religion and it's impact is just as old. That's why like u said that south America is mostly catholic but it doesn't effect their culture like this, its cause the presence of that religion is only a few hundred years old in that region hence its not completely part of their culture or who they are as people it's just something some people practice or believe in.
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Sattriya is from Assam. Originated in the Satra(monastery) of Srimanta Shankar Dev. We have 's' rather than 'sh' in Assamese (the language of Assam) but it is the same as the rest of India.
The common binding factor between all major dances is the scripture- NatyaShastra. Bharatnatyam and southern forms of classical dances is considered the purest form of classical and the oldest surviving without deviating too much from the commonly shared principles of natyashastra. Northern and Eastern forms have a persian influences as well. Moreover, all forms adhere to the tala and raga under both Hindustani and Carnatic forms of music. Mostly, all forms will have representations of Shiva or Krishna. More intense ones for Shiva, Gentle ones for Krishna. That's the maharashtrian way of wearing a saree (wrt Lavani). Also, Lavani is more erotic in its form. Bollywood is hindi industry based in maharashtra, so yes you would find Kathak, Lavani influences, but bollywood has developed its own creole form. Regarding BHANGRA, men are the dancers. When women dance 'bhangra' its called Gidda!
Men are always a part of natya of all forms, it is pop culture which has made us think that men do a certain dance and women do a certain one, remember one thing Shiva and Vishnu also danced, they are even represented by men too, in this video women were representing
Yeah, Indian classical dances are based on Natya shastra only. As for persian influence- that doesn't affect the dance itself but in choice of topics like more shringar than bhakti, and costuming etc. And pranam being replaced with salami etc . And more emphasis on showmanship due to court culture of the times.
@@thehawkseye3412 kathak costumes and certain gestures are definately Persian influenced. In fact the Delhi gharana had Uzbek influenced costumes with feathers. Jaipur gharana had lot of complex footwork and Lucknow is heavily story based like thumri
I just realised that the Odissi dance was a jugalbandi between Kuchipudi and Odissi. The female dancer in white was dancing Odissi and the dancer in red was performing Kuchipudi. They are two different dance forms.
I love watching your channel. I am from Imphal, Manipur. Yes we do speak different language.. Hindi is the main language which we knw as common but we speak (Manipuri language) as our state language.Talking about Ras leela or Manipuri dance, the dress where the dancer wear is bit heavy and its not easy to carry n move as normal but its a unique piece also in marriage, the bride of Manipur wear the same with different designs of art work. Thnk u again for reacting and discussing about our culture dance n dress.. Send u lots of ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
And no satriya is kinda a state dance from the state of Assam. As mentioned Sri Sri Srimanta Sankardev popularised it under his teachings and practices in Assam which is still followed and practiced majorly in Assam
“Maybe he does it or you don’t feed him” is the line which made me laugh out loud till then I was so immersed in learning our culture😂😂 Efra reminds me of my younger brother and I can totally feel what waleska felt after hearing that answer😂! Thank you for being the reason for all these small happinesses in my life🥰💜 really greatfull!!
Bhangra is a folk dance of the state of Punjab. Traditionally, men perform Bhangra on the beats of ‘Dhol’( drum kind of instrument) and women do ‘Gidha’ which is also a folk dance of Punjab. During Gidha women recite ‘boliyan’ - words used to describe a situation or taunt in a jokingly way. But, nowadays women also take part in Bhangra. However, men don’t do Gidha and it is still female oriented. Though, there is another variation of Bhangra called ‘Malwai Gidha’ which is a mix of Bhangra and Gidha but is performed by males only. This dance form also uses boliyan. Hope, this helps!!
Malayalam literature, it's artforms , it's folklore and drama as in almost all of it's artforms are deeply routed to Kerala as a state. All throughout the centuries , artists and writers were searching and trying to depict surrealism or 'sargathmakatha' (in Malayalam). It is celebration of people , their heroes rather than gods like other classical dances than India.
"their heroes rather than gods like other classical dances than India" that's not true at all. Kathakali literally is story telling from Puranas depicting stories of Gods. if you have absolutely no idea of what you are talking about least you can do is to not spread disinformation.
@@otomackena7610 I wasn't talking about Kathakali or mohiniyattam specifically, ofc they are classical dances that can be traced to worshiping gods and dirtiest but the literature artforms and rest of all I'll go ahead and say even these classical forms have evolved to celebrate PPL and nature and the culture the state represent. Mohiniyattam is the enchantress from heaven , she wears literal gold thread and Kaithari , she is made to look perfect from make up and her movement slow paced and seductive like I said chasing sargathmakatha or surrealism. Back to Kathakali it didn't originate in temples like the other dances did , gods were thought to be heroes at those times and they were celebrated on gatherings courtrooms and theatres, the dress , the make up the elaborate head piece and majestic looks all corresponds to what man perceives a god to look like , again the surrealism elements. I know enough of my literature to know about it so thank you for your unnecessary concerns.
thank you so much for including Manipur, I am so happy finally to see y'all reacting to a North East Indian state, btw I am from Assam so I would love to see y'all react to Bihu next time
1:39:13 Lol again. Forgiven. Hinduism is ages old, at least about 5000 years old. Buddhism is a specialised form of Hinduism, centring on some of the many core ideas of Hinduism and it's about 2500 years old.
In all the Indian classical and regional dances the foot work is the main aspect... And it is the first thing taught while you are learning it and for quite a good while... And then hand gestures and postures... And last is the facial expressions as that is the most minute detail... And it is going till today as you see modern dances you see a good amount of footwork... And lavani is a regional dance from the state of Maharashtra whose capital is Mumbai where the bollywood is... And so the dance moves is similar to the bollywood dances movements....
Kadha kali, Theyyam, Krishnan aattam, ottan thullal,padayani, bharatha naatyam,margam Kali, kadhak, mohiniyattam, kuchipodi, bhankara, Bahu ,etc... somany arts from India, especially from Kerala 😘❤️ My favourite 1. kadhakali - so much complex action 🙏 2. Theyyam - is fire🔥🔥🔥 3. Bharathanatyam -- 😘
It's a story telling, every dance form of India .. everytime their is story on display.. you have to get involved and understand the the storyline.. yes because we have a great and long history , these forms can charm and amaze anyone who understand the ability of so beautiful depiction of storytelling through dance .. no one who understands cannot go un amazed .. and these is a lot of science in these dances
Each of the finger tips are painted because, in olden days, even the people at the last had to know what hasta mudras were being depicted. To understand what a Hasta mudra is, at 01:22:36 the Hasta mudra was the flute being played, which in turn represents Krishna as you correctly recognized. So, this is why the fingertips are painted red. I am having fun watching these videos guys!!
You might get heart attack when you know that Raj Leela Manipuri dance has a duration of say 4-5 hours and it's usually at night to until the sun rises in the next morning.
Points to Note Down:- India has exported it's culture to china since 3500 years, and later in Japan. Whole of SE Asia was built on Indian culture. Angkor World's biggest temple is found in SE Asia. According to research till date evidences and archaeology says that Our history is atleast 9000-11000 years old. India (Bharat) is much older than Greek or Egypt. We used to trade with them. Bharat started to decline from 7th century onwards due to Turkic Invasion (Mughal's). Lots of fight, Culture being destroyed, Universities being burnt, Many people taken as slaves, things happened and continued for almost 1000 years till the British came. Then British did the same, engineered serious famine, killed lots of people, exported everything from India to Britain (worth 45 trillion USD in today's time), making British Empire the richest and then left India in a very poor state because of resistance and WWII blow and various things. India lost Afghanistan during Mughal times while Pakistan & Bangladesh(then East Pakistan) were seperated at Independence in 1947. Today Romani people or Gypsies you see are actually Indians, were taken as slaves and when Invaders were unable to manage them because of their large population, so they let them loose, but didn't allow them to come back to India. So they are still moving across Europe and UK and facing various challenges, still not settled. Some of the slaves were from musicians and dancers community for entertainment purpose. Romani language is similar to Indian languages. (Tried to explain many things in brief but it's just a context or overview or glimpse of history.)
Kathakali originated in Kerala used to play overnight or more than 15-16 hours on Temples in the old days. They portray different historic stories. What you saw was a potion from the mid story. The characters have a common name apart from the role they portray as per the story. Here the green face man character is called 'pacha', (phonetic transcription pʌtʃʌ) literally meaning green and is a good character. And the other is a female character called as 'minuk' (transcription mɪnuk) literally means something like ' retouch or touch up' The instrument can be a Chenda (tʃendʌ - a type of drum), Madhalam ( along cylindrical drum) and can't be seen on the screen.
Waleska the answer to your question, what binds the various dance forms together or what is the root? The foundation of all these dances is the religion ,as it is in music, Hinduism. That's why there is a certain basic similarity between them.
We also have the oldest martial art form which is kalaripay , which was also massively destroyed within colonial era, old Chinese martial art form was created by kalaripay ...
55:06 the picture that pops up is of princess indira raje and her mother jamnabai, Indira was a legend and probably the first indian socialite. Her daughter maharani gayatri devi was also one of the most famous women in the world.
Sikh people cane into being from Bhakti Yug (in Hinduism)and from Sufi Yug( in Muslims). It was reformed form any good things from both religions.Moreover it was not a religion in the beginning.Sikh people came out as saint soldiers against oppression and brutality done by the Mughal rulers against Hindus of India.A long history of Shikhs is there.
If only your last guru died in my hometown and many people from my ancestry tried to protect him. He is our inspiration too, but then sikhs these days hate us. So great to know.
To answer your question at 22:00 one of the main foundation of all classical dances of India is actually a millennium old book known as 'Natya Shastra' written by Sage Bharata where all the rules are mentioned. Its importance is so monumental that it is called a fifth Veda.
The reason why dance, religion and music is so intertwined together in India is because of how old everything is. Hinduism is the oldest relegion so the dances, music developed together. The land is as old as the religion. There's no seperation. That's why some people say that Hinduism is a way of life rather than a religion. In western world religion and dance/music developed in different time periods. Christianity began very late. That's why it has very little influence in folk dances and music.
I think efran would love to react to "Dhol talash" a celebration from Maharashtra. It's mainly playing big drums by a group of ppl. P.s I'm from South, but love Dhol talash performances. 💜
21:00 Because its all based on Bharata muni's naatya shastra 500BCE (saint Bharata's science of preforming arts). That is the foundation on which all Indian dance is based up on, then regional flavors develop from that base form in to different varieties.
Guys So happy to react to Sattriya Dance from Assam ..I am from Assam & I am from the direct bloodline of the great Vaishnav Saint Sankardeva who was the father of Vaishnav bhakti tradition in Assam & the father of Sattriya Dance form in 15th century There are 100+ Vaishnav monasteries even today in Assam where Vaishnav Sadhus live & perform Krishna Naam or Kirtan for Lord Krishna Love & wishes from Guwahati Assam 💞❤️💐
21:50 You already had the answer. It's because all of them essentially come from the Natyashastra written by Bharat Muni! Also just like how you were explaining that Ballet has different elements, each of the Indian dance forms also has variations. Like for Kathak dance itself, there are different gharanas
Dear Waleska and Effra, Its great to hear your healthy banter and lively interpretations Your Comments: whether Nepal was a part of India? It depends upon how far you want to go back in to history. If u see India as an european concept of Nation with shared political, defense, foreign policy - then Nepal was not a part of India. But India existed for thousands of years before British occupation and consequent emergence of independent nation (as defined by european definition) was in 1947. Before that If you go in the Ramayan/ Mahabharat era - Then it was called Bharat varsh. More Precisely, It was Jambudvipa, (area - called Jambu dvip), Bharat Varsh - or Bharat Rashtra (Rashtra is not equal to Nation as there was no concept of one language/ one religion/ one Defense/ foreign policy or one state hood)., but rather a shared cultural and philosophy and Sanatan way of life that connected people living under different states having their own uniqueness yet free movements and strong connections of between each other and also marriages occurring between different states. there were 16 MahaJanpadas ( Major states ruled by their own state-head, some of them had democratic election of the state head and some followed the hereditary lineages). Under this system, Nepal then was ruled under the Mithila kingdom and Kushala kingdoms and many other smaller once. Later on Nepal was also a part of the Magadh empire. Strongest example of neatly chronicled history is Gautam Budhdha who was the Prince of Koshala, his original name being Prince Sidhdharth. He left his kingdom and attained Nirvana in Bodhgaya, in present day Bihar, India. Similarly - Afganistan was part of Bharat Varsh / Rashtra - then called as Gandhar Pakistan - was then divided in many smaller states like Sindh - Then called Sindhudesh, Punjab - united west and east was the "Panchnad" state, Khyber pakhtunkhwa / Norhwest frontier province - was then called Pushkalavati Burma was called - Bramhdesh, Kumbhoj is current day Combodia was also a part of Bharat varsh. Shyamdesh - current day Thailand Bhutan - Known as Mahapradesh during the Mahabharata period. Bangladesh and Pakistan were part of politically defined India under British rule that was mercilessly torn out on religious grounds causing the largest displacement/ refugeehood and largest human tragedy even greater than WWII But mind u, at no point of time have there been any aspirations of being a part of a current day political Nationhood . there have NEVER been any imperial idea of annexation to Indian Nation hood. We believe in the individual uniqueness of each region, their right to determine their political rulings but still acknowledge the shared history, Philosophical, cultural and dharmic way of life and common ancesstary. Case of Kashmir and POK is different as it is an integral part of Indian nationhood but attacked, destroyed, and raped in 1948 by you know who.
01:19 Wale you are right it's kinda like a battle song..it's actually praising Lord Krishna and his battles with demons in Assamese language Yes , Lord Krishna holds a flute so the posture representing him is like that 1:29 Manipuri generally depicts "rasa dance"- the dance of love between Lord Krishna and godess Radha
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All of the indian classical dances have the taal which teacher theirself play during students dance performance and they even give the beats and taal they dance through listening it cause every taal represent next step of their dance. Teacher is the one who plays the taal and beat both
You should watch the commonwealth games 2010 opening “dance of india”. One of the best videos out there. As an Indian, it gives happy tears and goosebumps every time I watch.
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Please don't use again n again fuckism when you see any Hinduism cultural things because it's biggest sin ever if you want to reach on top in singing because singing thing is come Hinduism culture from SANSKRIT ANCIENT DIVINE SCRIPTURES 4 VEDAS ( songs related thing mention in 4th veda" SAMVEDA"). 🚩☸️♾️ I'M VAISHNAV BUT FOLLOWING TRIOLOGY ∆ 3 MAIN GOD.
You should react to pandit birju maharaj and more such legends
Where is garba in here ?? Please react to garba
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Hinduism is an umbrella which contains many school of thoughts like jainism, buddhism, vedanta, Charvaka, etc.
Being a Buddhist from Japan, I agree 👍
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Jay Ma Parvati
I also follow Buddhism and am a Japanese, I also do agree with you. But what does Jay ... mean ? Just asking 😊
@@TatsukiSan-eg5sd it means victory to Maa Parvati ☺ , the goddess of power in Hinduism, as compared to our Juntei Kannon.
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So happy to see our Manipuri Ras Leela in the video. Our state Manipur has lots of traditions, culture and communities. It's basically a small version of India 😂 and this dance is from one of the communities which follows Hinduism. It's Lord Krishna and his beloved Radha dancing with Gopis (women who loves and follows Lord Krishna). The skirt like thing worn by the women is called Potloi. Radha will wear a different color than the rest of the Gopis to let us know which one is her. It's pretty heavy and hard to move around. It doesn't touch our legs when worn so when I performed this dance(only once) I forgot to lift it up and I tripped on the steps while walking around. I didn't bother to get up cuz I was laughing too hard 🤣 mum came running to cover me cuz u can't fold the skirt as it's made out of thick cardboard, clothe woven over it, hand stitched every small gems and decorations. We don't speak Hindi, we have lots of languages in our state and I think I might be the only Meitei here on this channel (one of the communities in the state)
Thank you for this comment. I have worked with Meitei people and even helped develop an internet-compatible script for the language. The people of Manipur are awesome, I love their company. Such pure-hearts :)
hey Chitra.. I am also Manipuri.. good to see you here.. 😍😍
You tripuris, manipuris n assamese r very similar with mainland indians. Real northeast Indians r arunachal pradesh, mizoram n nagaland..... We r unique n rare
We play Ras leela at Wetern UP in Brij area too thats around Mathura n Agra ... place of Krishna.... really enlightening information.... lots of love from this brother
Feel proud to have such a great diversity of our culture 🙏🙏🙏
Correction at 42:06 Japan filipino Indonesia thai Malaysia and to some extent china all are culturally influenced by india weather you talk about god's, music or singing. The core is always Vedic i.e Indian. If you are fascinated by some style of any form make sure to check does it has its roots in india coz most of them have whether western or south asian or Asean .
Yes all SE Asian countries have a form of Ramayana in their core traditions. Martial arts, Buddhism, Feng Shui, etc. all trace back to India
Yah back in the day, India had ruled over present day Malaysia and Indonesia and Philippines and all over SE Asia, so there was a cultural transfer at some point from Indian over to the other regions.
Ain't it like giving yourself too much importance.
@@PawanRao007 Engrish pleeze
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the Kathak dance in this video is performed by 3 sisters Niti Mohan, Shakti Mohan and Mukti Mohan
Niti is a well known singer and also the song is sung by her
Shakti and Mukti are well known dancers
ohh well i didnt know that niti could dance too thats impressive
Our Hinduism is mainly divided into four sects 1. Vaishnavism ( one who worships Lord Vishnu) ,2. Shaivism ( one who worships Lord Shiva) 3. Shaktism ( worshipping various forms of Goddess Shakti) and 4. Smartism ( nondualism). Most of our classical dance revolve around these four sects.
bro there is no sanatani that worship just one god
@@Khushal230 yeah but in Hinduism we have concept of 1supreme power or divine entity and others are seen as manifestation of same. So 3 divisions are based on whom they consider as ultimate source of reality.
In india hindu,jain,shikh, buddist'workship each other doesn't means they all are from all religions. Also there is misconceptions that Hinduism is polytheistic its mix of all
@@Khushal230 you are wrong about it, on top of the iceberg every one worships but excludes the core rules that comes with it. There's a rule if you put lord Vishnu and Maa Lakshmi as the core God's you worship every day you can't put Shakti in that same puja room. In my house we have Lord Shiva and Devi Durga hence we are not allowed to have baal gopala in the same place. You can either chose Shakti Shiva or Vaishnav.
If you look at Sankari community in our state Assam, they even bath if they saw idols. Yeah it sounds odd but they have naam ghars where they worship Geeta and lord Krishna in no face form. They follow the path of Guru Shrimanta Shankaracharya.
Whereas we Brahmans don't step in naamghars and go to temples. Since my family is more leaned to Shakti and Shiva side we are not followers of Vaishnav Philosophy.
@@mimis.5139 my father is a pujari and we worship gopalji in temple. Here, in my area most of the people I know follow every hindu god and godesses, vishnu, kalia, ram, krishna, ganeshji, shivji, maa laksmi, mata saraswati, our regional and tribal gods and goddesses, our home eastadevis. You follow your supreme God, we worship everygod, nature and our eastadevi. What we will be called then?btw I see you everywhere😁 and first time talking to you.
@@Khushal230 there are...
Major Languages spoken in India:
Hindi, Sanskrit, English, Maithili, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujrati, Kashmiri, Urdu, Nepali, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Konkani, Marathi, Assamese, Mizo, Meitei, Bodo, Dogri, Santhali, Sindhi, Tulu, Bhojpuri, Avadhi, Magadhi, Bundeli, Marwari, Harauti, Dhundhari, Bagheli...... & 400 more languages with further hundreds of dialects
Adding languages of my state- kumaunni and gadwali
Sanskrit is no longer spoken.
Sanskrit? 🤣🤣
@@Navin4061 There are more than 12,000 people who speak Sankrit as their mother tongue.
Not prominently. It's mainly spoken by priests and at religious ceremonies, not as a common language of communication.
1:43:53 yes Bhagra is exclusively a male dance art form. But it has an exclusively female version as well called 'Gidda'. Both have same Punjabi origion. In some performances both males and females perform together but they still perform their respective dance forms.
Make them react to Bhangra Empire performance ... They will love it
No there are many girl teams who do bhangra as well. I do bhangra and many other women i know are in different teams and compete in many competitions. Yes women do gidha but they also do bhangra
@@rooptoor7685 I agree with you. Any Dance form is a combination of signature dance steps and there is a continuity in various steps in terms of body movement. Now, a women is well within her rights to take up learning and performing bhagra. Its not like women are prohibited or restricted or forbidden from performing bharga.
My point was from a traditional stand point it's overwhelmingly performed by men only. Also my main intention was to highlight Gidda as a counterpart to Bhagra and vice versa.
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21:10 All the classical dances have similar grammar because they all originate from the Natyashastra. And all of our classical music originates from the Samaveda. This is what I have read and heard from experience learning carnatic for more than 15 years.
"origin of music" - The Samaveda, is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and part of the scriptures of Hinduism. One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text which consists of 1,875 verses. All but 75 verses have been taken from the Rigveda.
Kadhakali is a major form of classical Indian dance. It's one of the difficult art form to learn.
Basically kadhakali means = Kadha ( story in Malayalam)+ Kali ( play ). They are telling a story . Kadhakali 's roots are in the temple folk arts ( Krishnanattam ) .
Kadhakali is a very interesting art. I'm from Kerala and that's my favourite art form.
Music is central to a Kathakali performance. It sets the mood and triggers emotions resonant with the nature of the scene. The text of the play or the ballad is sung by two singers in the background. The lead singer is called the ponnani and the assistant the shinkiti. They sing in manipravalam ( sankrit + Malayalam)
They use chengila and ilathalam to maintain the rhythm. Many musical instruments ( other than ilathalam & chengila )are used in Kathakali. Three major drums found are Maddalam(barrel-shaped), Chenda (cylindrical drum played with curved sticks) and Idakka (Idakka, hourglass-shaped drum with muted and melodious notes played when female characters perform).
Make up is another interesting part in kadhakali. The facial painting are called mukhathezhuth. ( Mukham = face + ezhuth = writing/ painting). Actually, it's not really paint. The artists use various minerals to paint their face.
Kathakali make up is an elaborate process lasting for 3 hours.It helps in giving a super human look to the actors.All the colours used in the make-up are obtained from natural substances and herbs. For example, the red and yellow colours are made by powdering stones like Chaayilyam and Manayola respectively. A mixture of lime and rice flour serves for white. The green colour is produced by mixing Manayola and Neelam (blue). Coconut oil is used as the base for mixing these stone powders. Another stone, Chenchilyam is powdered and applied in order to protect the skin from burns. Kanmashi or Kajal (the black substance) is prepared by burning gingelly oil. Kumkumam or saffron is also used for the make-up. Kadhakali artists should learn to do their own make up. Because the most part of the facial painting are done by artists them selves with the help of a mirror. Chuttikkaran ( make up man )puts the Chutti(a series of white ridges built up from the chin to the either side of the cheek) which forms the second stage of make-up. Atlast artist use chundappoo to change their eye colour.
Once the facial makeup is over and just before starting the body costume, the performer need to put the flower seed in the eyes. He places his eyeballs up, and gently put the flower seed in lower eyelid. Then he gently pinches the lower eyelid and drag forward. The flower seed goes inside and stays there. The performer closes the eyes and roll his eyeballs. When he/she opens his eyes, the eyes turns red in colour.
Logic of red eyes in Kathakali
The facial makeup of Kathakali is so colorful and a white eye doesn't look good. The red eye adds an unearthly ambience to the face. Eye movements along with hand and body movements are unavoidable in Kathakali as it completes the beauty and elegance of Natya and Nritha.
Thank you so much for this detailed information.this will help people to get an Idea about kadhakali. മലയാളി ഇല്ലാതെ eth RUclips channel 😂
Is there any specific name for that male and female characters?
@@hariharan8988 The five major Veshams (name of a make-up) in Kathakali are Kathi (Knife), Pacha (Green), Thaadi (Beard), Minukku (radiant) and Kari (Black). The noble and the divine, appear in Green. Kathi represents the arrogant and evil, however, with a vein of gallantry.
Chuvanna Thaadi (Red Beard) denotes vicious characters, while white stands for divinity. Kari personifies evil personalities.
Minukku vesham usually represent women characters or saints.
There are sub types also , like kathi vesham is in 2 types .
Ninam is a rare vesham in kadhakali. It's scary. Ninam means blood.
In Narakasuravadham ( a mythological plot) kadhakali Jayanthan, son of Indran disfigures her by cutting her nose and breasts. In this scene, she comes to see Narakasuran with her body soaked in blood, flowing from her nose and breasts. This scene is mentioned in Kathakali as 'Ninam' . Preparation should start a day before to play ninam and it's kinda scary. So people usually don't prefer those.
@@hariharan8988 in this particular clip , I can't guess the character because i can't hear the song properly.
The crown in their head is made of wood.
the crown alone weighing between 2.5 kg to 3.5 kg, depending on the character .
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kathak originate mainly from "krishna " worship, and during the "bhakti" period of indian history. hence is filled with love and devotion in its core.
Eh... no. Kathak is much older than bhakti period. Kathak used to tell devotional and legendary tales from Hindu texts through dance. But in medieval times regimes changed to Islamic ones. Temples and kingdoms that supported those themes were gone. Due to change in the court culture of the times, Shringar rasa ( what you called love) became more prevalent than devotional aspect. Krishna was of course popular diety but it was the Ras leela aspect that still got fans. When British suppressed it due to missionary influence kathak faced extinction a second time. At first they tried to make them sing bible tales instead of Hindu legends. But that was resisted. After than it was full on attack. Missionaries tried to ban it. The katahk dancer were called natch girls and they wrote articles like" all that's wrong with Hindu women"... the tickle effect was so that even Hindus started looking down on them. ( the British education system took care of the). After all we even adopted dowry system from them.
They demeaned the kathak dancers so much that It almost disappeared barring some Tawaifs still performing it. Again they would be more focused on shringar rasa but we can still thank them to keep it alive in some form.
In such an atmosphere one family- Durga Prasad Misra in a bid to save the art, came to Lucknow in 1800s. He taught dancing to his own sons tho are considered to be pioneers of Lucknow Gharana or Kalika- Bindadin gharana. Under patronage of Wazid Ali shah who himself was an art connoisseur and actively participated finally Kathak managed to survive as a respectable art form. This gharana kept the art going through it's male members. Jairpur and Banaras gharana were established by the members of this family only.
You may have heard of Birju maharaj- he was a legendary dancer himself but he was also revered so much for that reason.
Guys no need to Apologize... I had fun just completed the entire Episode. You guys are doing great and Do make a Part 2 of this Podcast , Love to hear more what you guys trying to Learn. We Got 22 Official languages.
23:34 / 1:58:57 The Mohan Sisters
Neeti Mohan is an Indian singer. She sings mainly in Hindi and few Tamil films.
Shakti Mohan is an Indian dancer, choreographer and television personality. She is the winner of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance 2.
Mukti Mohan is an Indian dancer and actress. She participated in Star One's dance reality show Zara Nachke Dikha 2 and emerged as the winner.
Oh, you still haven't seen very popular dance forms like Garba, Dandiya, Ghoomar, Bihu, Rouf and many others. They're all vastly different, representing various parts of our country. And these are just the popular ones; there are countless others.
Folk dances are often not inspired by deity worship but rather by celebration, harvesting or some festival. Then there are dances for motivating warriors before war and dances for celebrating war victory. Some dances invoke spirituality by their simplicity, like the Sufi Dervish. Many dances here also celebrate small enriching moments of life, all human emotions, including sadness and melancholy. Many dances are also performed on the demise of someone and many on the birth of a child.
Every emotion is celebrated in this country. Some are refined and attested to texts and techniques, some tell stories and explain myths, and some are just straight out of the heart.
But, it's already a lot for one episode. I love you guys. Bye ;)
Well said dear.
Chhau, charkula, bhawai, Vilasini Natyam, Bhamakalpam, Veeranatyam, Dappu, Tappeta Gullu, Lambadi, Dhimsa, Kolattam. Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal. Jhumar, Phag, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor,Pung Cholom Dance ..... Cheraw dance - that bamboo dance from Nagaland ....We have such a vaiety...
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Yakshagana too...
Yakshagana, Dollu Kunitha
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1:20:38 Sattriya is a danceform from the state of Assam (it is in Northeast India.. North has Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Kashmir, etc..Remote region of India is North East basically). There are 22 official language in India:
1) Assamese,
(2) Bengali,
(3) Gujarati,
(4) Hindi,
(5) Kannada
(6) Kashmiri,
(7) Konkani,
(8) Malayalam,
(9) Manipuri,
(10) Marathi,
(11) Nepali,
(12) Oriya,
(13) Punjabi,
(14) Sanskrit,
(15) Sindhi,
(16) Tamil,
(17) Telugu,
(18) Urdu
(19) Bodo,
(20) Santhali,
(21) Maithili and (22) Dogri.
That is not oriya that is odia😊🎉
Lady Waleska is very articulate and very good in explaining and full of knowledge about music understandings .....Love her wide understanding all about music....i got schooled from her explaination...Efra also improved a lot in giving opinions and observations of every type of genre....love this siblings....kudos to your parents.....
Efra and Waleska, you guys are super intelligent and perceptive. The way you differentiated the emotion between Bharatnatyam and Kathak was just genius.
Bharathnaytam is rooted more in austerity, yoga and philosophy, while Kathak is rooted more bhakti, emotion and romance.
It is pronounced as Bha-rat-nat-yam.
Very well explained in simple words
1:47:00 I really want to say that yes every religion like Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism,sikkhishm,originated from sanatan dharma(basically Hinduism) ... different people having diff thought chose one separate path...but we still are the same...we celebrate every festival .
Yes you should react to Indian history ,you would be blown away by the fact that modern science and Hinduism is correlated.
Indian subcontinent contained all the partitioned and many more regions, unfortunately we were attacked many times....but we still conserve our history
And yes about Japan...the gods there are same as Hinduism but with different names....
Love from India
ruclips.net/video/8PxMqQh_vf4/видео.html for those who say Buddhism is not sanatani
Lovely🤗
buddhists don't like being associated with Hinduism. the two religions are poles apart. idk where u got that information from but it's wrong.
@@vinantigurdhale4345 really? Its the history ...i dont know about buddhist people like what they think now....but the founder of buddhist the buddha was a hindu ....and we hindu have a auspicious day buddha purmina....they are not apart...people can make the difference but we are all in sanatan dharma
@@maahijha7391 buddha was born Hindu and then he left the religion because it was inadequate to find/create a new religion. I've heard hindus say shit like he was reincarnation of shiva to push the false narrative. buddhism doesn't have God or myths like hinduism. they are different. even the basic structure is different. Hindus apparently wanna take credit for buddha's life but he in fact despised their ideologies. a simple peak in history will clear that
@@vinantigurdhale4345 cmon girl 😂if we hindu were to do this ....we could have done this...it is the only religion that didn't advertise ...we are the most tolerating ones ..but not now
I am not sure of this but I heard that most of classical Indian dances originated from the dance form called "tandav" which was a dance performed by God Shiva. It Is said that 108 dance forms were derived from that dance form alone.
All shastriya dances are called shastriya since they are based on Natya shastra penned by Bharat/Bharath and thus have same root. Though it is said to be treaty on Tandav. So philosophically you are right too.
Kathakali is story telling dance style. It started off as a temple dance form known as Krishnattam as it was mostly story telling of leelas (plays) of Lord Krishna. It started using other stories from the Puranas by 17th Century and morphed into today's Kathakali. Traditional Chinese opera is derived from Kathakali. In fact, they tried to absorb even the makeup & story telling style.
Chinese have been copying since then...
1:19:26 Sattriya indian classical dance from Assam.
Sattriya is the dance of devotion
As a Kathak dancer, this was HORRIBLE Kathak video, did not justify the dance at all
Can you please suggest one here
Upload a Kathak dance video yourself and Let them know how it is done.
Absolutely agree, ❤❤❤❤❤
@@lokeshchauhan2051 Yeah I can suggest but since RUclips doesn't allow us to send links through comments, so I'd just recommend you some channels.
1. Tanmoyee Chakravarty Kathak (watch the most popular video of her)
2. Vidha Lal (you might watch her shorts)
3. Chitresh Das Dance Academy (they are the world class performers, so you'd be happy to watch any of their videos, but I'd recommend some Taranas in Malkauns or Jogkauns raga).
You might ask me for more info, if you want. Thank you 🙏💕
@@あかし中村wait utube doenst let u send links???
Next time do part 2 and cover Bihu,dandiya,ghoomer,shiva tandava, semi clasical,garba and many more ....🧡
Ya,I m waiting for that episode
Yes specially for shiv tandav 🤩
Yes please 🙏
1:34:20 Manipuri people speak several languages and Hindi isn't one of them. The primary language of Manipur is Meitei. Good job Waleska!
Meitei is not the language but majority of the people of the state who worship Sanamahi . Manipuri is the language.
1:43:58 In fact, yes! Bhangra is exclusive to men. There's a folk dance for women as well, and that's called Gidda. Both folk dance forms have roots in Punjab. Good question.
15:00 it is easy to say: Bharata + Natyam. The word "Bharata" is also the name of India in Sanskrit. It is the actual name. India is anglicized. "Bharata" is the actual name.
India is the Greek name
that's wrong - Bha is for Bhava, Ra is for Raga and Ta is for Tala! Natyam means dance drama! Please avoid commenting on things you're not educated on.
@@madokakahushi3548 No you are totally wrong. Bharata has multiple meanings. It is not just to do with the backronym. The backronym (which you are quoting) is actually a 19th century invention. The original name comes from Nāṭya Śāstra whose author is Rishi Bharata. The Rishi himself is named after Bharata, the Emperor who ruled over Ancient India. The country is named after Emperor Bharata.
@@spilltea4241 Indo/Indus is Greek. The anglicized version of "Indus" is India. The name "India" is not found in any Greek text. Rather, it is called Indus/Indo. The corruption of the word Indus was done by the British Empire unconnected to the Greeks (who themselves corrupted the word Sindhu).
@@madokakahushi3548 Also I split it as "Bharata + Natyam" to make it easy for Efra to pronounce. I wasn't expanding the backronym. Then I explained that Bharata is also the name of India.
The articulated hands you talked about in the satriya dance especially the flute form is actually the flute playing representation of lord Krishna. This is a dance form worshipping lord Krishna. Since our great scholar and spiritual ascendant of lord Krishna, great Sri Sri Sankardev was a follower and ultimate devotee of lord Krishna and he preaches non-idol worshiping practices which most of us Assamese people follow and practice, satriya dance form popularised under him which were danced in “namghar”, worshipping place to lord Krishna introduced by great Sankardev. He lived for 118 years only to sacrifice himself by meditating to ascend from your body, at end due to reasons or he’d lived longer.
It's Raksha bandhan time in India...
It's a festival for brother and sister...
Since you guys are brother and sister, you might be interested to learn more about this festival.
Waleska and Efra... you guys are really talented. Really loved the song. ❤️
Both "Krishna" and "krisna" are correct. Names are pronounced differently in different parts of India.
2 months back I asked for a podcast dedicated to Indian dances. Some thought that maybe your expertise is more in music and instruments so this recommendation by me was not a good idea. But I knew that y’all would do a great podcast on this and YOU ACTUALLY DID! So thank you so much for almost 2 hr long podcast for our Indian dances. Really appreciate it 🙏🏻
1:39 Nope... Buddhism actually arises from Hinduism...Lord Buddha was actually a Hindu king before he became left kingdom in search of liberation..Then his followers spread his teachings and established a religion called Buddhism..Both religions have many similarities
1:47 Sikhism is like mixture of Hinduism and Islamism (in short)
AND HONESTLY THIS IS THE FIRST HISTORY CLASS I LOVE...BEST PODCAST EVER ❤️❤️❤️❤️
When Buddhism arose, Hinduism wasn't a collective whole but it was divided into sects like Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism...also Buddha was a Shaivaite, in those times, religion itself was very liberal and father and son could have totally different religions. Also there are huge differences between the two and one of the major reasons why Jainism and Buddhism got very popular at that time was due to dominant caste and varna differences in sects. It was later when Hinduism got its collective form that Buddha and Mahavir were called Vishnu's avatars but it was rejected by the respective priests and leaders of these religions.
@@mridulsharma768 In those time there was no religion except Hinduism so,Plz explain how can a father and son have different religions? (You meant sect?) and I didn't say These two religion are same I said similar.And still now ,Hinduism is not a collective whole,well it's shouldn't be...after all Hinduism is not a "religion" it's a way of life
And Buddha and Mahavir is actually not avtar of Lord Vishnu it's just a misunderstanding...Adi Buddha is an avatar of Lord Vishnu not Gautam Buddha
@@nerdquinn7787 I didn't say they were an avatar, I said it was later tried to be clubbed together and it has been rejected by leaders of both religions. Secondly, I said there was no solidified Hindu religion, it was divided by sects and so while a father can be a practicing Shaivite, the son can very well adopt Vaishnavism. Yeah even today there are sects but we have a weaved mythology today which involves everyone, it wasn't the major focus back then and sects were more important.
Sattriya is from Assam State of India. And yes it's Krishna with pronouncing the SH. We Assamese people tend to pronounce our shh as sss. It's a language thing. Hope this comment makes sense
Here is a suggestion. Please watch "Apsara Aali" Lavani, from Maharashtra.
Sattriya is a classical Indian Dance from the state of Assam, in the North-East India
watch the most iconic indian CLASSICAL MUSICAL FILM - "SANKARABHARANAM" MOVIE. IT'S the story of a rare and exceptional bond between the master of classical carnatic music "SANKARA SASTRY" and his ADMIRER "TULASI", This Movie Won Four National Film Awards and the portrayal of musician is still hailed as one of the greatest performances in indian cinema.
Mostly Indian Poetry, Drama, Classical Music , Painting, Sculpture is part of our religious offering to the deities. The Indian Cinema has adapted those performing arts to suit their story telling.
Guys kerala is the state in which people speaking Malayalam is living .....It is also called GODS OWN COUNTRY 🌠....That is kathakali u guys watching ...it is a classical form of story telling ....and that thing u called " dollac " is actually called CHENDA ✨ that is an instrument seen in every function in Kerala
I think it is CHENDA (that instrument with high frequency )is more popular on the south than north
And kathakali is only understanable if we know the story...it is not drum Efra..my man ..it is CHENDA😁😊😍
And about the weather in Kerala ..it is pretty hot but we guys are ..u know comfortable with it BCS we live here forever ....if u guys wanted to see more CHENDA work just check Thrissur poorum✨ it is the biggest festival in Kerala and it has more than 30 CHENDA Players performing at once and so many KERALA ELEPHANT 🐘....and i think MOHINIYATTAM is from south
Malayalies ഇവിടെ come on💪
എന്നും ഇബടെ തന്നെ..... 😁
I was about to type the same and then I saw your comment ☺️
How can you be a Malayali if you don't know about Mohiniyattam...?🤔Its the classical dance from Kerala.. 😇💓
Mohiniyattam is from kerala dude
And kerala is not very hot🤣when compared to many ither states
Non Indians don't understand that Hinduism is not just a religion it's a lifestyle and its essentially the root of all Indian culture,, doesn't matter what your religion is if you're living in India some aspects of Hinduism are always impacting your life whether it's thru music, dance, festivals, clothing etc. And the reason is that Hinduism goes as far back as the existence of our country. If indian civilization is 10k years old the religion and it's impact is just as old. That's why like u said that south America is mostly catholic but it doesn't effect their culture like this, its cause the presence of that religion is only a few hundred years old in that region hence its not completely part of their culture or who they are as people it's just something some people practice or believe in.
The 3 ladies that u guys saw in kathat are real sisters. One is singer popularly known from the song naino wale ne from the movie patmavat. One is coreographer and one is actor. 🇮🇳🇮🇳❤️❤️🇮🇳🇮🇳
Sattriya is from Assam. Originated in the Satra(monastery) of Srimanta Shankar Dev. We have 's' rather than 'sh' in Assamese (the language of Assam) but it is the same as the rest of India.
The common binding factor between all major dances is the scripture- NatyaShastra. Bharatnatyam and southern forms of classical dances is considered the purest form of classical and the oldest surviving without deviating too much from the commonly shared principles of natyashastra. Northern and Eastern forms have a persian influences as well.
Moreover, all forms adhere to the tala and raga under both Hindustani and Carnatic forms of music. Mostly, all forms will have representations of Shiva or Krishna. More intense ones for Shiva, Gentle ones for Krishna.
That's the maharashtrian way of wearing a saree (wrt Lavani). Also, Lavani is more erotic in its form. Bollywood is hindi industry based in maharashtra, so yes you would find Kathak, Lavani influences, but bollywood has developed its own creole form.
Regarding BHANGRA, men are the dancers. When women dance 'bhangra' its called Gidda!
Odissi is the oldest actually!
Men are always a part of natya of all forms, it is pop culture which has made us think that men do a certain dance and women do a certain one, remember one thing Shiva and Vishnu also danced, they are even represented by men too, in this video women were representing
Yeah, Indian classical dances are based on Natya shastra only. As for persian influence- that doesn't affect the dance itself but in choice of topics like more shringar than bhakti, and costuming etc. And pranam being replaced with salami etc . And more emphasis on showmanship due to court culture of the times.
Bhangra and gidda both are different things bro and there is one more luddi and jhoomer .
@@thehawkseye3412 kathak costumes and certain gestures are definately Persian influenced. In fact the Delhi gharana had Uzbek influenced costumes with feathers. Jaipur gharana had lot of complex footwork and Lucknow is heavily story based like thumri
Love the fact that Waleska gets the connotations so quick. True appreciation of the dances.
I requested the first song, thanks for watching ❤️❤️
It was a devotional offering (as a dance) for Lord Shiva
I was not amazed at all.
My mind literally said : it's a must watch.
Even lot of foreigners are there in the original dance video
I just realised that the Odissi dance was a jugalbandi between Kuchipudi and Odissi. The female dancer in white was dancing Odissi and the dancer in red was performing Kuchipudi. They are two different dance forms.
I love watching your channel. I am from Imphal, Manipur. Yes we do speak different language.. Hindi is the main language which we knw as common but we speak (Manipuri language) as our state language.Talking about Ras leela or Manipuri dance, the dress where the dancer wear is bit heavy and its not easy to carry n move as normal but its a unique piece also in marriage, the bride of Manipur wear the same with different designs of art work. Thnk u again for reacting and discussing about our culture dance n dress.. Send u lots of ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
And no satriya is kinda a state dance from the state of Assam. As mentioned Sri Sri Srimanta Sankardev popularised it under his teachings and practices in Assam which is still followed and practiced majorly in Assam
“Maybe he does it or you don’t feed him” is the line which made me laugh out loud till then I was so immersed in learning our culture😂😂 Efra reminds me of my younger brother and I can totally feel what waleska felt after hearing that answer😂! Thank you for being the reason for all these small happinesses in my life🥰💜 really greatfull!!
Bhangra is a folk dance of the state of Punjab. Traditionally, men perform Bhangra on the beats of ‘Dhol’( drum kind of instrument) and women do ‘Gidha’ which is also a folk dance of Punjab. During Gidha women recite ‘boliyan’ - words used to describe a situation or taunt in a jokingly way. But, nowadays women also take part in Bhangra. However, men don’t do Gidha and it is still female oriented.
Though, there is another variation of Bhangra called ‘Malwai Gidha’ which is a mix of Bhangra and Gidha but is performed by males only. This dance form also uses boliyan. Hope, this helps!!
Waleska, you such a beautiful singer, no wonder you relate to Indian music. Love your podcast.
Eye shadow of waleska in the song is just lit🔥🔥😍😍
Malayalam literature, it's artforms , it's folklore and drama as in almost all of it's artforms are deeply routed to Kerala as a state. All throughout the centuries , artists and writers were searching and trying to depict surrealism or 'sargathmakatha' (in Malayalam). It is celebration of people , their heroes rather than gods like other classical dances than India.
"their heroes rather than gods like other classical dances than India" that's not true at all. Kathakali literally is story telling from Puranas depicting stories of Gods. if you have absolutely no idea of what you are talking about least you can do is to not spread disinformation.
@@otomackena7610 I wasn't talking about Kathakali or mohiniyattam specifically, ofc they are classical dances that can be traced to worshiping gods and dirtiest but the literature artforms and rest of all I'll go ahead and say even these classical forms have evolved to celebrate PPL and nature and the culture the state represent. Mohiniyattam is the enchantress from heaven , she wears literal gold thread and Kaithari , she is made to look perfect from make up and her movement slow paced and seductive like I said chasing sargathmakatha or surrealism. Back to Kathakali it didn't originate in temples like the other dances did , gods were thought to be heroes at those times and they were celebrated on gatherings courtrooms and theatres, the dress , the make up the elaborate head piece and majestic looks all corresponds to what man perceives a god to look like , again the surrealism elements. I know enough of my literature to know about it so thank you for your unnecessary concerns.
thank you so much for including Manipur, I am so happy finally to see y'all reacting to a North East Indian state, btw I am from Assam so I would love to see y'all react to Bihu next time
1:39:13 Lol again. Forgiven. Hinduism is ages old, at least about 5000 years old. Buddhism is a specialised form of Hinduism, centring on some of the many core ideas of Hinduism and it's about 2500 years old.
In all the Indian classical and regional dances the foot work is the main aspect... And it is the first thing taught while you are learning it and for quite a good while... And then hand gestures and postures... And last is the facial expressions as that is the most minute detail... And it is going till today as you see modern dances you see a good amount of footwork...
And lavani is a regional dance from the state of Maharashtra whose capital is Mumbai where the bollywood is... And so the dance moves is similar to the bollywood dances movements....
Guys your not explore north east india 😁
You will be surprise ❤️
Different language
Different tradition
Different music
But we're Indian
❤️
Kadha kali, Theyyam, Krishnan aattam, ottan thullal,padayani, bharatha naatyam,margam Kali, kadhak, mohiniyattam, kuchipodi, bhankara, Bahu ,etc... somany arts from India, especially from Kerala 😘❤️
My favourite
1. kadhakali - so much complex action 🙏
2. Theyyam - is fire🔥🔥🔥
3. Bharathanatyam -- 😘
From odisha and saw you guys reacting to odissi make me feel so good , I'm learning odissi.
It's a story telling, every dance form of India .. everytime their is story on display.. you have to get involved and understand the the storyline.. yes because we have a great and long history , these forms can charm and amaze anyone who understand the ability of so beautiful depiction of storytelling through dance .. no one who understands cannot go un amazed .. and these is a lot of science in these dances
2 hours!! 🥳🥳 thank you for all your efforts!🥰💜
Each of the finger tips are painted because, in olden days, even the people at the last had to know what hasta mudras were being depicted. To understand what a Hasta mudra is, at 01:22:36 the Hasta mudra was the flute being played, which in turn represents Krishna as you correctly recognized. So, this is why the fingertips are painted red. I am having fun watching these videos guys!!
You might get heart attack when you know that Raj Leela Manipuri dance has a duration of say 4-5 hours and it's usually at night to until the sun rises in the next morning.
Xatriya Nritya is from Assam, one of the northeast states of India.
Origin of indian music and dances are generally rooted from hinduism. Hinduism is also world oldest surviving religion very rich and diverse
Points to Note Down:- India has exported it's culture to china since 3500 years, and later in Japan. Whole of SE Asia was built on Indian culture. Angkor World's biggest temple is found in SE Asia.
According to research till date evidences and archaeology says that Our history is atleast 9000-11000 years old.
India (Bharat) is much older than Greek or Egypt. We used to trade with them.
Bharat started to decline from 7th century onwards due to Turkic Invasion (Mughal's). Lots of fight, Culture being destroyed, Universities being burnt, Many people taken as slaves, things happened and continued for almost 1000 years till the British came. Then British did the same, engineered serious famine, killed lots of people, exported everything from India to Britain (worth 45 trillion USD in today's time), making British Empire the richest and then left India in a very poor state because of resistance and WWII blow and various things.
India lost Afghanistan during Mughal times while Pakistan & Bangladesh(then East Pakistan) were seperated at Independence in 1947.
Today Romani people or Gypsies you see are actually Indians, were taken as slaves and when Invaders were unable to manage them because of their large population, so they let them loose, but didn't allow them to come back to India. So they are still moving across Europe and UK and facing various challenges, still not settled. Some of the slaves were from musicians and dancers community for entertainment purpose. Romani language is similar to Indian languages.
(Tried to explain many things in brief but it's just a context or overview or glimpse of history.)
Hey guys love your channel make part 2 there is so much more to explore 😍 love from india
Kathakali originated in Kerala used to play overnight or more than 15-16 hours on Temples in the old days. They portray different historic stories. What you saw was a potion from the mid story. The characters have a common name apart from the role they portray as per the story. Here the green face man character is called 'pacha', (phonetic transcription pʌtʃʌ) literally meaning green and is a good character. And the other is a female character called as 'minuk' (transcription mɪnuk) literally means something like ' retouch or touch up' The instrument can be a Chenda (tʃendʌ - a type of drum), Madhalam ( along cylindrical drum) and can't be seen on the screen.
Feeling proud to have such a great diversity of our culture 🙏
Waleska the answer to your question, what binds the various dance forms together or what is the root? The foundation of all these dances is the religion ,as it is in music, Hinduism. That's why there is a certain basic similarity between them.
Efra’s voice in the background sounds so perfect 🔥
We also have the oldest martial art form which is kalaripay , which was also massively destroyed within colonial era, old Chinese martial art form was created by kalaripay ...
I am so happy to see your reaction to Indian dance that's doesn't matter
Which dance is best
But this is matter
You react to our indian dance
55:06 the picture that pops up is of princess indira raje and her mother jamnabai, Indira was a legend and probably the first indian socialite. Her daughter maharani gayatri devi was also one of the most famous women in the world.
Sikh people cane into being from Bhakti Yug (in Hinduism)and from Sufi Yug( in Muslims). It was reformed form any good things from both religions.Moreover it was not a religion in the beginning.Sikh people came out as saint soldiers against oppression and brutality done by the Mughal rulers against Hindus of India.A long history of Shikhs is there.
I w at to know which hindu kings did sikhs went against? Which hindu king decided to kill Sikh guru?
If only your last guru died in my hometown and many people from my ancestry tried to protect him. He is our inspiration too, but then sikhs these days hate us. So great to know.
To answer your question at 22:00 one of the main foundation of all classical dances of India is actually a millennium old book known as 'Natya Shastra' written by Sage Bharata where all the rules are mentioned. Its importance is so monumental that it is called a fifth Veda.
Wow Satriya dance...Proud Assamese ❤️❤️❤️
The reason why dance, religion and music is so intertwined together in India is because of how old everything is. Hinduism is the oldest relegion so the dances, music developed together. The land is as old as the religion. There's no seperation. That's why some people say that Hinduism is a way of life rather than a religion. In western world religion and dance/music developed in different time periods. Christianity began very late. That's why it has very little influence in folk dances and music.
I think efran would love to react to "Dhol talash" a celebration from Maharashtra. It's mainly playing big drums by a group of ppl.
P.s I'm from South, but love Dhol talash performances. 💜
21:00 Because its all based on Bharata muni's naatya shastra 500BCE (saint Bharata's science of preforming arts).
That is the foundation on which all Indian dance is based up on, then regional flavors develop from that base form in to different varieties.
Kerala state is also called as God's own country... So beautiful💕🇮🇳
The thing I like about your channel is that you put effort into knowing. Unlike other blind RUclips reactions
Jay shiv shambhu 🥰
Bharat mata ki jay🇮🇳
Hamara culture 🤩
Guys
So happy to react to Sattriya Dance from Assam ..I am from Assam & I am from the direct bloodline of the great Vaishnav Saint Sankardeva who was the father of Vaishnav bhakti tradition in Assam & the father of Sattriya Dance form in 15th century
There are 100+ Vaishnav monasteries even today in Assam where Vaishnav Sadhus live & perform Krishna Naam or Kirtan for Lord Krishna
Love & wishes from Guwahati Assam 💞❤️💐
Great to see your efforts guys❤️
Guys kuchipudi and odissi are such beautiful dances. The video you have chosen didn't do justice at all. It didn't get the charm even for 1%.
Then guys you Should react to Mahesh Kale & Kaushiki Chakrobarty ... You will be surprised , they are a Classical singers🥰
21:50 You already had the answer. It's because all of them essentially come from the Natyashastra written by Bharat Muni!
Also just like how you were explaining that Ballet has different elements, each of the Indian dance forms also has variations. Like for Kathak dance itself, there are different gharanas
Time to react to Mahesh Kale, Rahul Deshpande & Kaushiki Chakrobarty ... You will be nuts 😉
Dear Waleska and Effra, Its great to hear your healthy banter and lively interpretations
Your Comments:
whether Nepal was a part of India?
It depends upon how far you want to go back in to history. If u see India as an european concept of Nation with shared political, defense, foreign policy - then Nepal was not a part of India.
But India existed for thousands of years before British occupation and consequent emergence of independent nation (as defined by european definition) was in 1947.
Before that If you go in the Ramayan/ Mahabharat era - Then it was called Bharat varsh.
More Precisely, It was Jambudvipa, (area - called Jambu dvip), Bharat Varsh - or Bharat Rashtra (Rashtra is not equal to Nation as there was no concept of one language/ one religion/ one Defense/ foreign policy or one state hood)., but rather a shared cultural and philosophy and Sanatan way of life that connected people living under different states having their own uniqueness yet free movements and strong connections of between each other and also marriages occurring between different states. there were 16 MahaJanpadas ( Major states ruled by their own state-head, some of them had democratic election of the state head and some followed the hereditary lineages). Under this system, Nepal then was ruled under the Mithila kingdom and Kushala kingdoms and many other smaller once. Later on Nepal was also a part of the Magadh empire. Strongest example of neatly chronicled history is Gautam Budhdha who was the Prince of Koshala, his original name being Prince Sidhdharth. He left his kingdom and attained Nirvana in Bodhgaya, in present day Bihar, India.
Similarly - Afganistan was part of Bharat Varsh / Rashtra - then called as Gandhar
Pakistan - was then divided in many smaller states like Sindh - Then called Sindhudesh, Punjab - united west and east was the "Panchnad" state, Khyber pakhtunkhwa / Norhwest frontier province - was then called Pushkalavati
Burma was called - Bramhdesh,
Kumbhoj is current day Combodia was also a part of Bharat varsh.
Shyamdesh - current day Thailand
Bhutan - Known as Mahapradesh during the Mahabharata period.
Bangladesh and Pakistan were part of politically defined India under British rule that was mercilessly torn out on religious grounds causing the largest displacement/ refugeehood and largest human tragedy even greater than WWII
But mind u, at no point of time have there been any aspirations of being a part of a current day political Nationhood . there have NEVER been any imperial idea of annexation to Indian Nation hood.
We believe in the individual uniqueness of each region, their right to determine their political rulings but still acknowledge the shared history, Philosophical, cultural and dharmic way of life and common ancesstary. Case of Kashmir and POK is different as it is an integral part of Indian nationhood but attacked, destroyed, and raped in 1948 by you know who.
Please react to the Bihu dance which belongs to Assam,a state belonging to the North Eastern part of India.
I from Assam and I like sattriya dance
I absolutely loved today's song💝 you've a beautiful voice Waleska. Love from India 💗
01:19 Wale you are right it's kinda like a battle song..it's actually praising Lord Krishna and his battles with demons in Assamese language
Yes , Lord Krishna holds a flute so the posture representing him is like that
1:29 Manipuri generally depicts "rasa dance"- the dance of love between Lord Krishna and godess Radha
Plz plz react to genius instrumental pieces
1) ravi shankar - montaray pop
2) santoor and tabla - zakir hussaina nd ravi
3) rag bhairavi - sitar version (darbar festival)
Sattriya Dance is from the state of Assam ❤
15 August:- Independence Day of India is this monday, maybe you can react to some patriotic song or National Song (Vande Mataram) on that day
All of the indian classical dances have the taal which teacher theirself play during students dance performance and they even give the beats and taal they dance through listening it cause every taal represent next step of their dance. Teacher is the one who plays the taal and beat both
You should watch the commonwealth games 2010 opening “dance of india”. One of the best videos out there. As an Indian, it gives happy tears and goosebumps every time I watch.