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South India

Karnataka

Coffee hills, silk looms, and coastal fire.

Karnataka holds two very different Indias inside one border: the misted coffee estates of Coorg, and the coastal fire of Yakshagana theatre performed in Udupi villages until sunrise.

In between sit handloom towns like Bagalkot, where the Ilkal saree is still woven on pit looms passed from mother to daughter.

Worth knowing

·All-night Yakshagana theatre performances
·Ilkal handloom weaving on a pit loom
·Coffee and cardamom estate work in Coorg

What you can practice here

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Living traditions

What Karnataka still practices

Dance

YakshaganaDollu KunithaKamsaleVeeragaseBhootha Kola performanceHuli VeshaKolataPooja Kunitha

Music

CarnaticHindustani traditions of North KarnatakaVachana singingHaridasa musicJanapada geetheGamaka

Theatre & puppetry

YakshaganaTogalu Gombeyata shadow puppetryBayalataDoddataSannaataBhootha Kola ritual theatre

Art & craft

Mysore paintingChannapatna toysBidriwareIlkal sareesKasuti embroiderysandalwood carvingrosewood inlayGanjifaLambani embroiderybronze/metal craft

Martial & physical

KusthiKalaripayattu-like southern traditions not native to Karnatakatraditional sword/stick displaysMalla-yuddhaKambala as rural sport

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