Attractive Dance Forms of Kerala

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:wub:A <advertising link removed> can be customized to incorporate performances and understanding of its ethnic art forms. Kerala has a rich cultural heritage with various dance forms and martial arts performed to the accompaniment of vocal and instrumental music. In Chakkiarkoothu, the story is recited in a quasi-dramatic style with emphasis on eloquent declarations with appropriately suggestive facial expressions and hand gestures. It is one of the oldest of theatrical arts peculiar to Kerala.

Chakyar is one among the many upper cast Hindus, dependant on the temple, adept in telling stories from the legends in a humorous and enchanting manner. And koothu means dance.

Attired in a gilt bordered cloth, wearing a red cap and ornaments on the neck, ear and hands, he recites the scriptural poem and annotations with witty and humorous examples and anecdotes with the accompaniment of the cymbals and the Mizhavu, (a percussion instrument made of covering an narrow mouthed big earthen jar with deer skin).

He is licensed to tease and cut jokes on anyone among the audience, even the mighty ruler, during the discourse exploiting the legendary situations as all those are permitted as the prerogatives of the Chakyar. One should know Malayalam to enjoy the congenital jokes. :blush:

[Rhydderch Hael]

What is your opinion on the player's demand for tactical micromanagement of a Low-Armored Warrior when dealing with a swarm of melee-oriented enemies exceeding four in number?

[Bolty]

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-Bolty

[Rhydderch Hael]

Sooooo— you're saying that smart use of Stone Curse and Teleport (made possible by the high Mana pool inherent in the LAW philosophy) to open the range will compel the enemy to face defeat in detail?

[Tal]

Slow day at work B?:)

[eppie]

Slow day at work B?:)

I don´t know what it is. Too much alcohol or no television or I´m just getting old. Lately I don´t understand 90% of the topics posted here at the lounge. And this one tops it all, from two posts in this thread I even didn´t understand 90% of the words. (and I don´t mean the posts next to the funny king figure)

What is this all about?

The last topic I understood was the one from shadow about stained glass.....that is some nice stuff.



and there isn´t even a smiley that expresses my feeling....pffff

[[wcip]Angel]

Eppie, you're a paraphraser, and you don't know it! (Hmff! Didn't work as well without "poet.":P)


There is no emoticon for what I'm feeling!
- Comic-book store guy

[kandrathe]

I don´t know what it is. Too much alcohol or no television or I´m just getting old. Lately I don´t understand 90% of the topics posted here at the lounge. And this one tops it all, from two posts in this thread I even didn´t understand 90% of the words. (and I don´t mean the posts next to the funny king figure)

What is this all about?

The last topic I understood was the one from shadow about stained glass.....that is some nice stuff.
and there isn´t even a smiley that expresses my feeling....pffff

Dearest Eppie, whatever soil boggles on top of a friendship! Because, above a teenage moans a successful apathy. You see, this is just another long series of Occhi belittling Europeans averaging the advance of pressure throughout the barrister. India Destination Tours frequents the success within the whatever paperback. A science retracts our syndrome. With the catholic poet bucks his matched wrapper. When can Occhi laughing scream against the expenditure? How can Eppie crying accept? A wrap recovers under a volunteer. Occhi laughing defines Eppie crying past the qualifying day. Underneath the agony stamps the potential specimen.

P.S. You too can generate random word drivel masking your pathetic advertisements. This thread is nonsense and so was the original post.

[eppie]

Angel' date='Feb 21 2007, 10:21 PM' post='124670']
Eppie, you're a paraphraser, and you don't know it! (Hmff! Didn't work as well without "poet.":P)
There is no emoticon for what I'm feeling!
- Comic-book store guy

Haha, it has to be subconcious. Because I should know the episode in which he said that, and for that I have heard that phrase again.
I think I am finally reaching the state that without knowing it I will quote things I see on TV.
From now on I will spell everything with letters.


Regarding computers and internet however......I'm lagging miles behind.

[Rhydderch Hael]

I once used (correctly, I might add) the word 'abrogated' in casual conversation, then paused to ponder how I pulled that off without knowing: 1) what exactly the word meant; because 2) I had scant little idea of just where I picked up the word in the first place!

[Occhidiangela]

I once used (correctly, I might add) the word 'abrogated' in casual conversation, then paused to ponder how I pulled that off without knowing: 1) what exactly the word meant; because 2) I had scant little idea of just where I picked up the word in the first place!

It came from the box of Cracker Jacks™ you had just eaten.

Occhi

[Occhidiangela]

Attired in a gilt bordered cloth, wearing a red cap and ornaments on the neck, ear and hands, he recites the scriptural poem and annotations with witty and humorous examples and anecdotes with the accompaniment of the cymbals and the Mizhavu, (a percussion instrument made of covering an narrow mouthed big earthen jar with deer skin).

Fashion emergency, say I.

. . . licensed to tease . . . One should know Malayalam to enjoy the congenital jokes. :blush:

Loved the palindrome, but I could do without the teasing.

Occhi

[Copadope]

Ah... I remember this. Come on. Share the link, Bolty.

[Bolty]

Ah... I remember this. Come on. Share the link, Bolty.

What link? Didn't you think my wall of text was cohesive enough to be written by myself?

-Bolty

[ima_nerd]

What link? Didn't you think my wall of text was cohesive enough to be written by myself?

-Bolty

I actually thought it made too much sense to be written by you:shuriken:

Pointless jab, no base behind it:D

[Griselda]

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. One question, though: Do you actually want Lord Bowl Tea to biologically or psychologically engineer careless ogres to make them even more ugly than they already are? Because that's what'll happen if we don't disabuse Lord Tea of the notion that the Eleventh Commandment is, "Thou shalt inject even more fear and divisiveness into political campaigns".

Edit- found one I liked better