Watch the video: A tough and challenging folk art, Thappattam is performed by dancers who play their own hand-held drums, the thappu . This ancient and popular dance calls for plenty of coordination, as the dancer needs to synchronise the hand and leg movements.
Kali dances – Thappattam
Watch Kali Veerapadran – perhaps the only male dancer who has mastered the classical dance form Bharatanatyam, as well as three ancient Tamil folk dance forms – in a riveting performance
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