Kathakali

Kathakali is the story narrative dance art form from the southern state, Kerala. Kathakali formulates from, “Katha” meaning a story and “Kali” meaning a dance or a performance. It is a composite art, where different actor-dancers take different roles. The stories are usually from the Indian epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata.

Kathakali is a very majestic art and the costumes portray that a good deal aesthetic values have gone into formulating of this art. The concept is of ‘total theatre’, where acting, music – both vocal and instrumental, the color psychology and the costumes play their peculiar roles.