Nangiar koothu or Nangyar Koothu (Malayalamⓘ) is an allied traditional art of Kutiyattam, an age-old Sanskrit drama tradition of India. It is performed traditionally by the women of the Ambalavasi Nambiar community of Kerala, known as Nangyaramma, but since the second half of the 20th century it's no longer the case.
Nangiarkoothu, an offshoot of Kutiyattam, is a solo performance with an antiquity of 1500 years. It is the sole domain of female artistes. The stories for the performance are taken from the text Sree Krishna Charitam, depicting the life of Lord Krishna. During the performance the actress presents the long-winded stories of Lord Krishna through hand gestures, facial expressions, and body movements to the accompaniment of the resonant pot drum mizhavu.
Nangiarkoothu or Nangyar Koothu (Malayalam) is an allied traditional art of Kutiyattam, an age-old Sanskrit drama tradition of India. It is performed...
performance - a mizhavu and a pair of ilathalam. This is different from the NangiarKoothu, which is performed by women called Nangyarammas who belong to the Nambiar...
barrier and nowadays anyone can play mizhavu in koodiyattam, nangiarkoothu, chakyar koothu, and mizhavu thayambaka. The drum is played only with hands...
Kuttampalam meaning temple theatre is a closed hall for staging Koothu, Nangiarkoothu and Koodiyattam, the ancient ritualistic art forms of Kerala, India...
ISBN 978-81-7062-003-7. Nirmmalā Paṇikkar (1992). NangiarKoothu, the classical dance theatre of the Nangiars. Kutiyattam Series. Natana Kairali. pp. 38–39...
Retrieved 30 September 2013.[permanent dead link] "The 'Florance' of NangiarKoothu". No. 10 September 2015. Mathurubhumi Daily. 10 September 2015. Retrieved...
Kalamandalam Sindhu (born 1977) is an Indian Koodiyattam-Nangiarkoothu artist from Kerala. An ICCR empaneled artiste, she is the recipient of Kerala Sangeetha...
Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Kudiyattam, Thullal, Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, and NangiarKoothu, besides the traditional orchestra called Panchavadyam. Training is...
Sanskrit scholar from Kerala, India, considered to be the greatest Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam (ancient Sanskrit drama theatre tradition) artist and authority...
C.Books, Kottayam, Kerala (1999) in Malayalam with an appendix on 'NangiarKoothu' in English by Ayyappa Panikker.[citation needed] Margi Sathi's contributions...
Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Kudiyattam, Thullal, Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, and NangiarKoothu, besides the traditional orchestra called Panchavadyam. Training is...
Sanskrit Theatre & Dance. Girija was chosen by her Guru to be the first non-Nangiar student to learn Kutiyattam and she became the part of the history as the...
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