The staff of B.S.S GURUKULAM Larger Secondary Faculty, Alathur , Palakkad, that bagged A grade within the Yakshagana (HS) competitors on the State Faculty Arts Competition in Kozhikode on Thursday.
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There are huge headgears, vibrant colors and hovering music on stage on the 61st Kerala Faculty Kalolsavam in Kozhikode. Maya Shurpanakha, the demoness in disguise, is attempting to entice Rama and what follows is an epic battle.
The Yakshagana competitors at Achuthan Ladies HSS noticed a bevy of legendary characters singing, dancing, and going into the signature leaping spins of the folks theatre.
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Gods on stage
Yakshagana
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Lord Krishna in dialog with Sathyabhama, Arjuna in Kurukshetra, Sita throughout vanavas and war-hungry asuras saved the viewers entertained by a heady mix of dance and drama.
A really unusual artwork type in all districts aside from Kasaragod, music, expressions and dialogues go hand-in-hand in Yakshagana. Fairly often, the methods and strikes remind one among Kathakali, Koodiyattam and Ottan Thullal.
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Challenges
As a fierce war-cry from the stage floats to the greenroom, Tejaswi Ajith from St. Teresa’s Faculty, Kannur, says studying Kannada dialogues is not any simple job. “I play Arjuna and we’re presenting a component from the Mahabharata the place he kills Sudhanva,” she provides.
Devika Krishna from DDSHS, Ernakulam, says the one choice is to memorise dialogues and reproduce them with passion. “Although our trainer translated for us, we have no idea the that means of every phrase.”
Theertha from Bethany St. Johns HSS, Thrissur, says the most important problem lies in performing with the heavy ‘kireedam’ as Aryananda who performs Narakasura agrees.
Language barrier
The staff of B.S.S GURUKULAM Larger Secondary Faculty, Alathur , Palakkad, that bagged A grade within the Yakshaganam (HS) competitors on the State Faculty Arts Competition in Kozhikode on Thursday.
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In accordance with Ranjith, a Yakshaganam teacher, correcting the diction of contributors is a crucial a part of the coaching course of. “They are going to be given dialogues written in Malayalam script and it takes three to 4 months to groom them,” he says.
Madhavan Nettanika, a veteran Yakshagana artist, feels the artwork type is just not taken significantly by the authorities, no less than in some elements. “On the Kollam district competition, the judges hardly knew Kannada and all of the dialogues of Yakshagana are in Kannada. Every staff spends round ₹1.5 lakh and it’s unfair to the scholars who carry out nicely. I feel no different artwork type faces such neglect,” he says.