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Performing Art · Karnataka
Coastal Karnataka's night-long dance-drama, blending stylised movement, live percussion and sung narration to stage the Hindu epics.
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Yakshagana developed in coastal Karnataka several centuries ago, blending dance, dialogue, music, elaborate costume and makeup to stage stories from the Hindu epics through the night.
A troupe performs on an open-air stage from dusk to dawn, with a lead singer (bhagavata) narrating the story while actor-dancers respond in stylised movement and improvised dialogue, backed by live percussion.
Performing Art
Coastal Karnataka's night-long dance-drama, blending stylised movement, live percussion and sung narration to stage the Hindu epics.
A living tradition of Karnataka
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