New Post (95) : Ponder these thoughts from French author Marcel Proust.
Ring in a happy 2011 with these pearls of wisdom. Enjoy…
“The real voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
“Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees”
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.”
“As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.”
“I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does not, in the current meaning of the word, invent it, but, since it exists already in each one of us, interprets it. The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter.”
“Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.”
“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind”
“Everything great that we know has come from neurotics. never will the world be aware of how much it owes to them, nor above all what they have suffered in order to bestow their gifts on it.”
“We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.”
I'll be back on the other side of midnight, in 2011.
Charlie Brown
Thursday, December 30, 2010
The “other” Bharat-Natyam.
New Post (94) : The “other” Bharat-Natyam.
1. Bharata Natyam, which originates from the state of Tamil Nadu in South India, is one of the “7” popular classical dance styles in India.
A popular interpretation of the name of the style is:
BHAva (expression) + RAga (musical mode) + TAla (rhythm) NATYAM (dance) = BHARATA NATYAM
The highly cultivated art of Bharata Natyam has been handed down over the centuries by teachers called nattuvanars and ritualistic dancers called devadasis, in the temples of south India.
Besides the devadasis the court traditions also carried on the traditions of dance. The Tanjore Quartette being the most well known. They were court artists under a Maratha Ruler of Tanjore. (The Marathas ruled between the period 1674-1885 AD). They are responsible for the present day repertoire of Bharata Natyam. They composed and directed many dance items and to this day their contributions are held in high esteem and are performed in present day dance recitals. The format remains the same with a few changes here and there.
This style is a direct descendant of devotional dances performed in the temples of South India from the tenth century to the present times.
Besides the school of Bharata Natyam associated with the state of Tamil Nadu, …there is a Mysore school of Bharata Natyam which retains the traditions of temples and courts of the ancient Mysore state of Karnataka state.
2. *** An ancient name of India is Bharat.
The “other” post-15thAug1947 i.e. post-independence, “BHARAT-NATYAM” …is the one that---Indian politicos have been making the hapless gullible ignorant general Indian populace dance to.
With scams, scams and MORE scams…each one bigger than the previous one.
Charlie Brown
1. Bharata Natyam, which originates from the state of Tamil Nadu in South India, is one of the “7” popular classical dance styles in India.
A popular interpretation of the name of the style is:
BHAva (expression) + RAga (musical mode) + TAla (rhythm) NATYAM (dance) = BHARATA NATYAM
The highly cultivated art of Bharata Natyam has been handed down over the centuries by teachers called nattuvanars and ritualistic dancers called devadasis, in the temples of south India.
Besides the devadasis the court traditions also carried on the traditions of dance. The Tanjore Quartette being the most well known. They were court artists under a Maratha Ruler of Tanjore. (The Marathas ruled between the period 1674-1885 AD). They are responsible for the present day repertoire of Bharata Natyam. They composed and directed many dance items and to this day their contributions are held in high esteem and are performed in present day dance recitals. The format remains the same with a few changes here and there.
This style is a direct descendant of devotional dances performed in the temples of South India from the tenth century to the present times.
Besides the school of Bharata Natyam associated with the state of Tamil Nadu, …there is a Mysore school of Bharata Natyam which retains the traditions of temples and courts of the ancient Mysore state of Karnataka state.
2. *** An ancient name of India is Bharat.
The “other” post-15thAug1947 i.e. post-independence, “BHARAT-NATYAM” …is the one that---Indian politicos have been making the hapless gullible ignorant general Indian populace dance to.
With scams, scams and MORE scams…each one bigger than the previous one.
Charlie Brown
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