Encyclopedia - Indian Dance: Encyclopedia - Indian Dance
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Encyclopedia - Classical Indian Dance: Encyclopedia - Classical Indian Dance
Classical Indian dance is any dance form that is based on Natya Shastra, and currently comprises Bharata Natyam Odissi Mohiniattam Kuchi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Bardo Chham Arunchal Pradesh
A fascinating folk dance of Sherdukpens - a small community of West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh, Bardo Chham depicts the victory...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Dance: Traditional Indian Dance
Indian dance cannot be isolated from the art of literature, painting sculpture and music. Indian dance has a unique body of myths and le...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Dance: Dance In Spiritual Indian Art
Art is a collaboration between God and man, raising him to the exclusive band of creators and taking him deeply within and around his han...   » Read the article

Article - What Happened At The Oneness Festival Feb 16-22 2004?
One of the participants at the Oneness Festival share his personal experiences of the Oneness Festival that took place February 16-22 200...   » Read the article

Article - Lohri: Lohri Celebrates The Spirit Of Life  
The festival of Lohri marks the beginning of the end of winter and the coming of spring and the new year. The fires lit at night, the ...   » Read the article

Article - Bihu: Bihu, The Unifying Festival Of Assam  
Nearly 80 per cent of the people of Assam are dependent on agriculture and spontaneous celebration of festivities is associated with t...   » Read the article

Article - Jamshedji Navroze: Nothing's Impossible When God Is Present - About Jamshedji Navroze  
Today, as the vernal equinox bathes the universe in a golden glow and Spring dances in seen and unseen splendour, it is amply clear th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nautch: Encyclopedia - Nautch
Nautch, a word used in several languages of North India, is an Indian term for “dance”, and indicates several forms of popular dancin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Dance: Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Dance
Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihu Dance: Encyclopedia - Bihu Dance
The Bihu dance is a folk dance from the Indian state of Assam related to the festival of Bihu. This joyous dance is performed by both you...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circle Dance: Encyclopedia - Circle Dance
Circle dance, is the most common name for a style of dance usually done in a circle without partners to musical accompaniment. It became ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kathak: Encyclopedia - Kathak
Kathak is an Indian dance form that arose from the Vaishnava devotees dancing to the episodes from Krishna's life. Originally a Northern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharata Muni: Encyclopedia - Bharata Muni
Bharata Muni was an ancient Indian writer whose life has been dated variously from the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century. His best known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nataraja: Encyclopedia - Nataraja
Nataraja (literally, The King of Dance) is the dancing posture of Lord Śiva, the aspect of God as the Destroyer in Hinduism. The upper ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kathakali: Encyclopedia - Kathakali
Kathakali (katha for story, kali for performance or play) is a form of Indian dance-drama. It originated in the South Indian state of Ker...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unnayi Warrier: Encyclopedia - Unnayi Warrier
Unnayi Warrier is a renowned writer who lived in Kerala about three hundred years ago. He was born in Irinjalakuda in Trichur district in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theatre: Encyclopedia - Theatre
Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, ges...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia - Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. The name is a conflation of Bomba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam
Bharatanatyam (also spelled Bharathanatyam, Bharatnatyam or Bharata Natyam) is a classical dance form originating in the South Indian sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abhinavagupta: Encyclopedia - Abhinavagupta
Abhinavagupta (fl. c. 975 - 1025) was one of India's great literary critics and philosophers. He was born in Kashmir and he wrote on Shai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Mythology: Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Mythology
The Blackfoot are a tribe of Native Americans who currently live in Montana. They lived west of the Great Lakes and lived in Montana and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia - Culture Of India
The culture of India is one of the oldest cultures in the world. In modern India, there is remarkable cultural diversity throughout the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihar: Encyclopedia - Bihar
Bihar (बिहार in Devanagari) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. Its capital is Patna. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Karma Munda Bihar
The traditional dance gets its name from the Karma tree, which stands for fortune and good luck. The ceremony starts with the planting of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Ruk Mar Nacha Orissa
This is a rudimentary form of the more evolved Chhau dance of West Bengal. Performed in the Mayurbhanj district of Orissa, it has its bas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Goti Pua Orissa
The goti puas are boy dancers who dress up as girls. They are the students of the akhadas, or gymnasia, established by Ramachandradeva in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Padayani Kerala
Padayani or Padeni in colloquial speech is one of the most colorful and spectacular folk arts associated with the festivals of certain te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Genre Conventions
Most Bollywood films would be classified as musicals. Few movies are made without at least one song-and-dance number. However, they do no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South India: Encyclopedia Ii - South India - South Indian Worldview And Culture
South Indians are racially, linguistically and culturally different from their North Indian compatriots although their cultures have infl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South India: Encyclopedia Ii - South India - South Indian History
South India has been at the crossroads of the ancient world, linking the Mediterranean world and the far-east. The Southern coastline fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South India: Encyclopedia Ii - South India - South Indian Diversity
The main spiritual traditions of South Indians have included both Shaivism or Shaivite philosophy, and Vaishnavism, which are both branch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South India: Encyclopedia Ii - South India - South Indian Heritage
South India - South Indian music. The music of the South Indian people is called as Carnatic music. It includes sensuous rhythmic and s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Bollywood Awards
The Indian screen magazine Filmfare started the first Filmfare Awards in 1953. Modeled after the poll-based merit format of the Academy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South India: Encyclopedia Ii - South India - The People
South Indians are primarily Dravidians by racial stock. They are united by the Dravidian language family. It is a distinct language famil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Bollywood Awards
The Indian screen magazine Filmfare started the first Filmfare Awards in 1953. These awards were to be Bollywood's version of the Academy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - History
Main article: History of Indian cinema Cinema first came to India in 1896, when the Lumiere Brothers’ Cinematographe showed six short f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South India: Encyclopedia Ii - South India - The Land
South India is a vast triangular peninsula, bounded on the west by the Arabian Sea, and on the east by the Bay of Bengal. The Vindhya and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South India: Encyclopedia Ii - South India - The Economy
The people are largely agrarian, dependent on monsoons, as are most people in India. Some of the main crops cultivated in South India inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Finances
Bollywood budgets are usually modest by Hollywood standards. Sets, costumes, special effects, and cinematography were less than world-cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bolivia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bolivia - Festivals
Pagan rites from the pre-Columbian era are still common during the religious festivals of the Indians. The clothing used during the festi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Medicine Dance: Alternative Health Dictionary On Medicine Dance
medicine dance: A ritual dance performed by some North American Indian peoples. Its purposes include eliminating disease, inducing rai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Art - Interrelationship In Indian Arts
In the Indian context, the visual arts (sculpture, painting and architecture) are tightly interrelated with the non-visual arts. Accordin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bangladesh - Music Dance And Drama
Music and dance style of Bangladesh may be divided into three categories, namely, the classical, folk and the modern. The classical style...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bangladesh - Music, Dance And Drama
Music and dance style of Bangladesh may be divided into three categories, namely, the classical, folk and the modern. The classical style...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - Dance
Main article: Indian classical dance, Indian folk dances Indian classical dance is performed in different styles. Its theory can be trace...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Almeh: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Almeh
Almeh (Arab.). Dancing girls; the same as the Indian nautchies, the temple and public dancers.   (See also: Almeh , Theosophy,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nataraja: Encyclopedia Ii - Nataraja - Origin
The visual image of Nataraja achieved canonical form in the bronzes cast under the Chola dynasty in the tenth century AD, and then contin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Huichol Shamanism: Alternative Health Dictionary On Huichol Shamanism
Huichol Shamanism (Huichol Indian Shamanism): Form of shamanism promoted by the Dance of the Deer Foundation, taught by its director, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International Sahaja Public School: Encyclopedia Ii - International Sahaja Public School - Overview
The school teaches between 150-200 international students annually. Subjects (as followed by the ICSE carriculum) include: Maths History...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of India - Movies
Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based film industry in India. Bollywood and the other major cinematic hubs (Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Nepal - Music & Dance
The legend states dances in the Indian subcontinent originated in the abode of Lord Shiva - the Himalayas, and the Himalayan Kingdome of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Bollywood Song And Dance
Bollywood film music is called filmi music (from Hindi, meaning "of films"). Songs from Bollywood movies are generally pre-recorded by pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nautch: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nautch
Nautch (Anglo-Indian) [from Hindustani nach a dance for Sanskrit the verbal root nat to dance, perform dramatically]   A dance wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vikram Sarabhai: Encyclopedia Ii - Vikram Sarabhai - Personal Life
He was married to the notable Indian classical dancer Mrinalini (Swaminathan) Sarabhai. They had a son, Karthikeya and a daughter Mallika...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ghost Dance: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Ghost Dance
Ghost Dance A new religious movement among Native Americans of the western United States.   The Ghost Dance had two distinct pha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ghost Dance: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Ghost Dance
Ghost Dance A new religious movement among Native Americans of the western United States.   The Ghost Dance had two distinct pha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - History
Cinema first came to India in 1896, when the Lumiere Brothers’ Cinematographe showed six short films in the Watson Hotel. Three years l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Desi: Encyclopedia Ii - Desi - Music
A unique style of music has arisen amongst the Indian communities of the United Kingdom. Artists like Panjabi MC (who has an album called...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Controversies
Bollywood - Accusations of plagiarism. Constrained by rushed production schedules and small budgets, some Bollywood writers and musicia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chennai: Encyclopedia Ii - Chennai - Culture
Chennai's culture reflects its diverse population. The city is known for its classical dance shows and Hindu temples. Every December, Che...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chennai: Encyclopedia Ii - Chennai - Culture
Chennai's culture reflects its diverse population. The city is known for its classical dance shows and Hindu temples. Every December, Che...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Dialogues And Lyrics
The film script (frequently credited as "dialogues") and the song lyrics are often written by different people. The dialogues are mostly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Cast And Crew
Bollywood employs people from all parts of India. It attracts thousands of aspiring actors and actresses, all hoping for a break in the i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Essential Ideas
Bharatanatyam is the manifestation of the South Indian idea of the celebration of the eternal universe through the celebration of the bea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Modern Rebirth
Rukmini Devi Arundale raised Bharatanatyam to a puritan art form, divorced from its recently controversial past by "removing objectionabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Machilipatnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Machilipatnam - Culture
People in Machilipatnam practice Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. Hindus and Christians usually speak Telugu and the Muslims tend to spe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Martial Arts - Martial Arts And Dance
As mentioned above, some martial arts in various cultures can be performed in dance-like settings, either for evoking fiercefulness/pumpi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Martial Arts - Martial Arts And Dance
As mentioned above, some martial arts in various cultures can be performed in dance-like settings, either for evoking fiercefulness/pumpi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Finances
Bollywood budgets are usually modest by Hollywood standards. Sets, costumes, special effects, and cinematography were less than world-cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bharatanatyam: Encyclopedia Ii - Bharatanatyam - Traditional Roots
Bharatanatyam is thought to have been created by Bharata Muni, a Hindu sage, who wrote the Natya Shastra, the most important ancient trea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Controversies
Bollywood - Accusations of plagiarism. Constrained by rushed production schedules and small budgets, some Bollywood writers have been k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medha Hari: Encyclopedia Ii - Medha Hari - Background In Bharatanatyam
She started her Bharatanatyam lessons at the age of six, and became one of the top young Bharata Natyam dancers largely due to the effort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Cast And Crew
Bollywood employs people from all parts of India. It attracts thousands of aspiring actors and actresses, all hoping for a break in the i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - Literature
Main article: Indian literature Indian literature is generally acknowledged, but not wholly established, as the oldest in the world. Indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mallya Aditi International School: Encyclopedia Ii - Mallya Aditi International School - The School
Aditi, as it is popularly known, has a broad curriculum for it's elementary school students that is designed to acquaint them with both E...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dance: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Dance
dance: See: tandava, Nataraja. (See also: Dance , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amisha Patel: Encyclopedia Ii - Amisha Patel - Early Life
Amisha Patel is the daughter of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, and the granddaughter of the famous Indian lawyer Rajni Patel. She received a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - Architecture
Main article: Indian architecture Indian architecture is that vast tapestry of production of the Indian Subcontinent that encompasses a m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of India - Art
Culture of India - Painting. Main article: Indian painting Indian painting is an old tradition, with ancient texts outlining theories...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Song Of Hiawatha: Encyclopedia Ii - The Song Of Hiawatha - Hiawatha In Music
Antonín Dvořák was familiar with the work in Czech translation. In an article published in the New York Herald on December 15, 1893, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - Music
Indian music includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and classical music. India's classical music tradition, including Carnati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypnotherapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypnotherapy - History
The roots of medicine by therapy lie in ancient societies even earlier than the Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Indians . Religious rituals...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marvin Opler: Encyclopedia Ii - Marvin Opler - Publications
Marvin Opler was a prolific writer and some of his publications are listed below. Marvin Opler - On Anthropology. With R. Linton, Accu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Into The West Miniseries: Encyclopedia Ii - Into The West Miniseries - Episode 6 - Ghost Dance
Ten years have passed since the end of Episode 5. Robert and Clara Wheeler return home, disillusioned by the school they have been hired ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom 1990s-present: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United Kingdom 1990s-present - House And Raves
In the early 90s, many raves continued in spite of illegality, while legal dance gatherings were also occurring, and dance music saw more...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - New Media
Arts and entertainment in India - Cinema. Indian actresses through the years Patience Cooper (1920s - 1940s) Nandita Das (1990s - pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asoka Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Asoka Film - Plot Synopsis
The film embroiders on several episodes in the life of the historical Ashoka, a early Indian ruler. In the film, prince Asoka falls in lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medha Hari: Encyclopedia Ii - Medha Hari - Bharatanatyam Tradition And Lineage
Medha Hari has studied with the guru who was awarded the Best Natyacharya (best dance teacher) title from Indian Fine Arts Society (Chenn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of India - Cuisine
The earliest Indians, the Harappans, probably ate mainly wheat, rice and lentils, and occasionally meats such as pork, lamb, goat and chi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sistrum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sistrum
Sistrum (Latin) [from Greek seistron from seiein to shake]   The instrument used by the ancient Egyptians in the worship of Isis;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zitkala-sa: Encyclopedia Ii - Zitkala-sa - Writing Career
Zitkala-Sa had a fruitful writing career, throughout her life, that can be seen as chronologically separated into two publishing periods....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dar Es Salaam: Encyclopedia Ii - Dar Es Salaam - Culture
Downtown Dar es Salaam has a very Arabic and Indian flavor to it, with many small business proprieters being of those origins. Many of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook: Encyclopedia Ii - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook - Track Listing
Disc Two “Give It Back to the Indians” 3:10 “Ten Cents a Dance” 4:06 “There's a Small Hotel” 2:48 “I Didn't Know What Time...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Into The West Miniseries: Encyclopedia Ii - Into The West Miniseries - Episode 5 - Casualties Of War
About five years have passed since the end of episode four, and begins in July 1874. Gold is discovered in the Black Hills in 1874, the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Guru Film: Encyclopedia Ii - The Guru Film - Plot
Ramu, a dance teacher from Bombay, seeks his fortune in the United States, lured by the exaggerations of his cousin, Vijay. Seeking work ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yalobusha County Mississippi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yalobusha County Mississippi - History
Yalobusha is a native American word meaning "tadpole place," and before the county which bears that name was formed, it was the home of b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cosmic Dance: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Cosmic Dance
Cosmic Dance: See: Nataraja. (See also: Cosmic Dance , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Fine Arts
Max Muller, a German Indologist has once declared that “ If I am asked which nation had been advanced in the ancient world in respect o...   » Read the article