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Kathakali's origins are unclear but it developed in the 17th century from older South Indian temple and folk arts dating back over 1000 years. A Kathakali performance combines music, singing, dance, and dramatic facial and hand gestures to tell a story, drawing also on ancient martial arts and athletics. Unlike other Indian classical dances, Kathakali's structure emerged from royal courts rather than Hindu temples.

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Kathakali's origins are unclear but it developed in the 17th century from older South Indian temple and folk arts dating back over 1000 years. A Kathakali performance combines music, singing, dance, and dramatic facial and hand gestures to tell a story, drawing also on ancient martial arts and athletics. Unlike other Indian classical dances, Kathakali's structure emerged from royal courts rather than Hindu temples.

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Kathakali's roots are unclear.

The fully developed style of Kathakali originated around the


17th century, but its roots are in the temple and folk arts (such as Kutiyattam and religious
drama of the southwestern Indian peninsula), which are traceable to at least the 1st
millennium CE.[2][6] A Kathakali performance, like all classical dance arts of India,
synthesizes music, vocal performers, choreography and hand and facial gestures together to
express ideas. However, Kathakali differs in that it also incorporates movements from
ancient Indian martial arts and athletic traditions of South India.[2][3][5] Kathakali also differs
in that the structure and details of its art form developed in the courts and theatres of Hindu
principalities, unlike other classical Indian dances which primarily developed in Hindu
temples and monastic schools.[2][6]

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