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kathak nrutya...😀😀

*** This is the part of indian classical dance ***

Kathak (Hindi: कथक, Urdu: کتھک‎) is one of the seven major forms of Indian classical dance.

^[1] The origin of Kathak is traditionally attributed to the traveling bards of ancient northern India known as Kathakars or storytellers.
^[2] The term Kathak is derived from the Vedic Sanskrit word Katha which means "story", and Kathakar which means "the one who tells a story", or "to do with stories".
^[3] Wandering Kathakars communicated stories from the great epics and ancient mythology through dance, songs and music.
^[3] Kathak dancers tell various stories through their hand movements and extensive footwork, but most importantly through their facial expressions. Kathak evolved during the Bhakti movement, particularly by incorporating the childhood and stories of the Hindu god Krishna, as well as independently in the courts of north Indian kingdoms.
^[2][4] Kathak is unique in having both Hindu and Muslim gharanas and cultural elements.

       Kathak as a performance art has survived and thrived as an oral tradition, innovated and taught and from one generation to another verbally and through practice.It transitioned, adapted and integrated the tastes of the Mughal courts in the 16th and 17th century particularly Akbar, was ridiculed and declined in the colonial British era,then was reborn as India gained independence and sought to rediscover its ancient roots and a sense of national identity through the arts.

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