Folk Music and its Divinity through Yakshagana

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Charles Godwin K., Pansy Evangeline Victor

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Yakshagana is a classical Karnataka dance-drama, having around 800 years of culture. It consists of a multidimensional folk theatre including of dancing, music, spoken words, body posture, stage methods, costumes and make-up. The subjects of Yakshagana are mainly Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavata etc. However, a number of Yakshagana experiments have been carried out, which have caused much debate and controversy. These experiments are discussed in the current conceptual work under the interpolating topic categorization, folk, historical, imaginative, social themes, local temples tales, and local awareness concepts. It critically evaluates how these experiments have been received by the audience, artistes and the scholars. This Yakshagana research focuses on traditional characteristics that need to be transmitted in order to prevent the abandonment of art. Fresh talent should be given the opportunity to explore the breadth and depth of the art form. It is never simple to draw the public, so that the audience appreciates the skill never to let it dim, as it should not bite dust at times, but may be viewed as a profession that perceives and propagates the notion internationally by revisiting our own origins. This study examines the origins, aspects and impacts of the people and the various folk faiths in this folk-dance style.

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Charles Godwin K., Pansy Evangeline Victor. (2022). Folk Music and its Divinity through Yakshagana. European Economic Letters (EEL), 12(2), 45–56. https://doi.org/10.52783/eel.v12i2.94
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