The Folk - 2

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Hello friends, how was your day? Hope it was good. If you have read my last post on The Folk, I told you about Kodagu. Today let me introduce you to the folk dance of Mysore region. Mysore the region of culture and arts. The famous DASARA festival is held here every year. Mysore is also famous for its food, silk saree and many poets have emerged from here. There are various folk dances of Mysore. 1. Dollu Kunitha - This is a group dance named after the dollu used in its performance, and performed by the men of the Kuruba community. The group consists of 16 dancers, each wearing a drum and playing different rhythms while dancing. This is also performed by the women dancers. 2. Beesu Samasale and Kamsale Nritya - This is a group dance performed by village men in the Mysore, Nanjanagudu, Kollegala and Bangalore regions. It is named after the prop they use while dancing. The prop is made up of bronze and according to its rhythm the dancers move. This dance is connected to a tradition of worship of the lord Male Mahadeshwara, in which most of the dancers are drawn from kuruba caste. 3. Somana Kunitha - Somana Kunita (the Mask Dance) is a celebratory form of guardian spirit worship popular in southern Karnataka, performed in village shrines dedicated to the Mother Goddess by the Gangemata community. The dance is characterised by elaborate masks (somas) painted in a variety of colours, with each mask's colour indicating the god's nature. A benevolent deity is represented by a red mask, while a yellow or black mask suggests the opposite. There are many types of masks, differing from region to region. It is primarily celebrated after Ugadi and before the onset of the monsoon at Maha Shivaratri. The images are from google