Kolkali Dance

  • Kolkali is a folk art performed in Malabar region of Kerala. The dance performers move in a circle, striking small sticks and keeping rhythm with special steps.
  • The circle expands and contracts as the dance progresses.
  • Many of the traditional performing art forms of Kerala like Kathakali, Velakali, Poorakkali and Thacholikali; Kolkali, also have drawn elements from Kalarippayatt during their stages of evolution.
  • In Tamil Nadu, this art form is referred to as Kolattam and in Andhra Pradesh, as ....
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