Kolattam Dance of South India

Recently, Kolattam dance was performed during Balotsav, a children’s festival, in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

• Kolattam is a folk dance from the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
• It is part of a religious offering, where women dancers pay homage to the temple Goddess in many regions of Andhra Pradesh.
• The Kolattam dance is predominantly a dance of women, without involving men.
• This form of dance is also called as Kolkollannalu or Kollannalu.
• This popular form of dance is usually performed together as a group where two artists each are grouped as a pair.
• Each dancer holds two ....