Performing Art · Karnataka
Pata Kunitha
ಪಟ ಕುಣಿತ
A flag dance performed at temple processions, dancers swaying tall bamboo poles topped with colourful banners.
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Where Pata Kunitha comes from
Pata Kunitha is a flag dance performed at temple festivals and processions across Karnataka, the banners representing the presiding deity being honoured.
How it's practiced
Dancers carry long bamboo poles topped with colourful cloth banners, swaying and rotating them in coordinated patterns to percussion.
A flag dance performed at temple processions, dancers swaying tall bamboo poles topped with colourful banners.
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