- @Amrapali #img-anno http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Badagu_vesha.jpg/220px-Badagu_vesha.jpg {u'shapes': [{u'geometry': {u'y': 0.2764505119453925, u'x': 0.9318181818181818, u'width': 0.040909090909091006, u'height': 0.06484641638225258}, u'type': u'rect'}], u'src': u'http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Badagu_vesha.jpg/220px-Badagu_vesha.jpg', u'context': u'http://testapp.swtr.us/', u'comment': u'Yakshagana\n\nYakshagana (Kannada:\u0caf\u0c95\u0ccd\u0cb7\u0c97\u0cbe\u0ca8, pronounced as yaksha-gaana) is a classical dance drama popular in the state of Karnataka mostly popular in the districts of Uttara Kannada, Shimoga, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod district of Kerala. This theater art involves music, songs, dance, acting, dialogue, story and unique costumes. While songs and dance adhere to well-established talas very similar to classical Indian dance forms, acting and dialogues are created spontaneously on stage depending on the ability of artists. This combination of classical and folk elements makes yakshagana unique from any other Indian art. It would be considered a form of opera in western eyes.\n\nTraditionally, yakshaganas use to start late in the night and run all night. Bhagavata, the background singer, is also the directory of the story and controls the proceedings on stage. Bagavatha along with background musicians who play chande and maddale forms himmela. The actors wear colorful costumes and enact roles in the story of Mummela.\n\nYakshagana is sometimes simply called aata\u0101 in Kannada and Tulu ("play"). Yakshagana literally means the song (gana) of a yaksha. Yakshas were an exotic tribe mentioned in the Sanskrit literature of ancient India.\n\nThere are many professional troupes in Karnataka. In spite of competition from the modern movie industry and TV, these troupes arrange ticketed shows and make a profit.'} created: Fri, 05 Sep 2014, 05:48 PM UTC