Kandyan dances .28Uda Rata Natum.29 Dances of Sri Lanka

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1 kandyan dances (uda rata natum)

1.1 ves dance
1.2 naiyandi dance
1.3 uddekki dance
1.4 pantheru dance





kandyan dances (uda rata natum)

ves dance

ves dance, popular, originated ancient purification ritual, kohomba yakuma or kohomba kankariya. dance propitiatory, never secular, , performed males. elaborate ves costume, particularly headgear, considered sacred , believed belong deity kohomba.


only toward end of 19th century ves dancers first invited perform outside precincts of kankariya temple @ annual kandy perahera festival. today elaborately costumed ves dancer epitomizes kandyan dance.


naiyandi dance

dancers in naiyandi costume perform during initial preparations of kohomba kankariya festival, during lighting of lamps , preparation of foods demons. dancer wears white cloth , white turban, beadwork decorations on chest, waistband, rows of beads around neck, silver chains, brass shoulder plates, anklets, , jingles. graceful dance, performed in maha visnu (vishnu) , kataragama devales temples on ceremonial occasions.


uddekki dance

uddekki prestigious dance. name comes uddekki, small lacquered hand drum in shape of hourglass, 7 , half inches (18 centimeters) high, believed have been given people gods. 2 drumskins believed have been given god iswara, , sound visnu; instrument said have been constructed according instructions of sakra , played in heavenly palace of gods. difficult instruments play. dancer sings plays, tightening strings obtain variations of pitch.


pantheru dance

the pantheruwa instrument dedicated goddess pattini. resembles tambourine (without skin) , has small cymbals attached @ intervals around circumference. dance said have originated in days of prince siddhartha, became buddha. gods believed use instrument celebrate victories in war, , sinhala kings employed pantheru dancers celebrate victories in battlefield. costume similar of uddekki dancer, pantheru dancer wears no beaded jacket , substitutes silk handkerchief @ waist elaborate frills of uddekki dancer.


vana

the word vannam comes sinhala word varnana (descriptive praise). ancient sinhala texts refer considerable number of vannams sung; later adapted solo dances, each expressing dominant idea. history reveals kandyan king sri weeraparakrama narendrasinghe gave considerable encouragement dance , music. in kavikara maduwa (a decorated dance arena) there song , poetry contests.


it said kavi (poems sung music) eighteen principal vannams composed old sage named ganithalankara, of buddhist priest kandy temple. vannams inspired nature, history, legend, folk religion, folk art, , sacred lore, , each composed , interpreted in mood (rasaya) or expression of sentiment. eighteen classical vannams gajaga ( elephant ), thuranga ( horse ), mayura ( peacock ), gahaka ( conch shell ), uranga ( crawling animals ), mussaladi ( hare ), ukkussa ( eagle ), vyrodi ( precious stone ), hanuma ( monkey ), savula ( cock ), sinharaja ( lion ), naga ( cobra ), kirala ( red-wattled lapwing ), eeradi ( arrow ), surapathi (in praise of goddess surapathi), ganapathi (in praise of god ganapathi), uduhara (expressing pomp , majesty of king), , assadhrusa (extolling merit of buddha). these added samanala ( butterfly ), bo (the sacred bo tree @ anuradhapura, sapling of original bo tree under buddha attained enlightenment), , hansa vannama ( swan ). vannama dance tradition has 7 components: dog dance, cat dance, lion dance, ostrich dance, parrot dance, etc.







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