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'''Pampattam''' (snake dance) ([[tamil language|Tamil]]:பாம்பாட்டம்) is a folk dance from [[Tamil country]], [[India]].<ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/tamilnadu/music-and-dance/snake-dance.html Snake Dance<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622055121/http://www.mapsofindia.com/tamilnadu/music-and-dance/snake-dance.html |date=2011-06-22 }}</ref> Snakes considered as the protecting divinity which safeguards the health and prosperity. Snakes are also related to the Hindu deity [[Murugan]]. Usually girls perform this dance with a [[snake skin]]-like costume.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.carnatica.net/special/folkdances.htm | title=Folk dances of Tamil Nadu | publisher=Carnatica | accessdate=16 August 2020 }}</ref> The performer simulates snake movements, writhing, creeping and making quick biting movements with the head and hands. The hands are also held together to look like the hood of a [[cobra]]. |
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Latest revision as of 03:19, 2 July 2024
Pampattam (snake dance) (Tamil:பாம்பாட்டம்) is a folk dance from Tamil country, India.[1] Snakes considered as the protecting divinity which safeguards the health and prosperity. Snakes are also related to the Hindu deity Murugan. Usually girls perform this dance with a snake skin-like costume.[2] The performer simulates snake movements, writhing, creeping and making quick biting movements with the head and hands. The hands are also held together to look like the hood of a cobra.
In the classical dance form Bharata Natyam the snake dance is performed in a manner similar to the old folk dance.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Snake Dance Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Folk dances of Tamil Nadu". Carnatica. Retrieved 16 August 2020.