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Chuvanna thadi in Kathakali : http://www.neelaearth.com
Kerala owes a great share of its transnational fame to the nearly 300 year old classical dance-drama form, Kathakali which combines facets of ballet, opera, mime, masque and pantomime. Kathakali explicates events and stories from the Indian epics and puranas and is usually presented in the temple precincts after dusk falls and continues till the day-break. The art form demands nearly ten to twelve years of training and regular practice to perform on stage.

The vesham or (make-up) for Kathakali is of great importance as the vesham itself speaks a lot on the identity, character and class of the character presented. The vesham symbolically represents five classes, Pacha (green) portrays noble protagonists, Kathi (knife) villainous, thadi (beard), Kari (black) represents low characters and Minukku (prettying up) women, sages, brahmins etc.

This video is from the play 'Duryodhana Vadham attakkatha which tells of the murder of the villain (Duryodhana) of t