SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

INDIAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following dances is a solo dance?
A
Yakshagana
B
Kuchipudi
C
Ottan Thullal
D
Odissi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Kerala. Thullal is a solo satiric dance form belonging to the state of Kerala.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yakshagana (music of the heavenly yakshas) is a colourful form of popular theatre, which combines singing, dancing, energetic dance, and acrobatics. There are three variations of it, and all of them are performed in the southern state of Karnataka.

Detailed explanation-3: -Classical Solo Dances, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Orissi, and Kathak. As has already been mentioned several times, in India the borderline between “classical” (margi) and “folk/regional” styles (desi) is not always clear.

Detailed explanation-4: -Traditionally, Bharatanatyam has been a solo dance that was performed exclusively by women, and expressed Hindu religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of Shaivism, but also of Vaishnavism and Shaktism.

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