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Kolkali ('stick dance') performed by the Wayanadan Chettis as part of their wedding festivities: the songs are based on oral narrations of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, such as the vanavasa (exile to the forest) of Rama, Lakshmana and Sita.
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Alice Boner (1889–1981) a Swiss artist—surprisingly little known—spent her life in 20th-century India and received the Padma Bhushan from the President of India in 1974. Her paintings and sculptures were much appreciated throughout her lifetime and she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the…
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Yakshagana is one of the most popular folk theatre forms of Karnataka. It is noted for its music, colourful costumes, vigorous dance movements, subtle expressions and extempore dialogues. Yakshagana has two main variations, each of which has many variations: Moodalapaya (the eastern form which is…
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'Dialogues on Alice Boner' was a symposium held on September 3, 2016, in conjunction with the exhibition, 'Alice from Switzerland: A Visionary Artist and Scholar Across Two Continents' (September 1 – October 30, 2016, National Museum, New Delhi).
Continuing from the first part of the…
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'Dialogues on Alice Boner' was a symposium held on September 3, 2016, in conjunction with the exhibition, 'Alice from Switzerland: A Visionary Artist and Scholar Across Two Continents' (September 1 – October 30, 2016, National Museum, New Delhi).
This video presents the first two…
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