Music & Dance :

Mohini-Attam Dance :

Mohini-Attam is the dance of the woman, in Kerala. Women were never allowed to perform Kathakali, the vigorous male dance-drama from. Similarly, Mohini-Attam is never performed by men. Legend has it that Mohini was the form which Lord Vishnu took to mesmerize the asuras or demons. At the time of the churning of the milky ocean, the gods or devas and the demons or asuras all busied themselves with the churning, hopeful of many beautiful rewards. They all wished to have the secret potion that would make them live forever !

This is the dance form peculiar to Kerala, performed by a solo female dancer. The costume color is white with gold zari borders. The Skirt is fullypleated from front to back.

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