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Karakattam (Tamil: கரகாட்டம் "karakam (கரகம் 'water pot') dance"), or
Karagam Puja in the Caribbean, is an
ancient folk
dance of
Tamil Nadu
performed in...
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Karakattakkaran (transl. The
Karakattam dancer) is a 1989
Indian Tamil-language
romantic comedy dance film
written and
directed by
Gangai Amaran. The film...
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Navaratri festival especially to
praise female deities like
Durga or Kali.
Karakattam is a folk
dance which involves dancers balancing clay or
metal pot(s)...
- film,
which focussed on the
lives of
karakattam dance artists,
released on 28
August 1998.
Valayapathi is a
karakattam artist who is revered. Azhagurani...
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Karakattam is
danced to
praise Mariamman, the
Hindu rain goddess.
Dancers balance pots of
water on
their heads.
There are two
types of
Karakattam. Aatta...
- one of the
oldest dances of India.
Other regional folk
dances include Karakattam, Kavadi, ****yattam, Oyilattam,
Paraiattam and Puravaiattam. The dance...
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Mohiniaattam and Yakshagana.
Other regional folk
dances include Andhra Natyam,
Karakattam, Kavadi,
Kerala Natanam, ****yattam, Margamkali, Oppana, Ottamthullal...
- the
leading roles,
while Ilaiyaraaja composed the film's
music based on
karakattam. This film also
happened to be Ilaiyaraaja's 1000th film. The film began...
- had to
undergo a
weight loss of ten
kilograms to
convincingly portray a
karakattam dancer. In 2016, she
announced on
Twitter that she has been cast alongside...
- tīmiti by
walking through the pit
filled with hot
burning wood with a
karakattam "sacred water-filled pot" on his head. He is
followed by male devotees...
