Mains Paper I · 1 AP Social & Cultural History · APPSC Group 2
1.22 Performing arts, crafts and festivals notes
3 notes, in reading order.
- 1.22.1Kuchipudi and the performing arts of Andhra: Burrakatha, Tholu Bommalata and folk forms
Andhra's performing arts range from Kuchipudi, the classical dance-drama of a Krishna-district village shaped by Siddhendra Yogi, to revived court and temple forms such as Perini and Vilasini Natyam, and to popular narrative arts such as Yakshagana, Burrakatha, Harikatha and the leather shadow puppets of Tholu Bommalata.
Advanced · 8 min · Full course - 1.22.2Telugu in Carnatic music: Kshetrayya, Tyagaraja and later composers
Telugu became the main language of Carnatic music through Annamacharya's sankeertanas, Kshetrayya's padams, Ramadasu's keertanas and, above all, the kritis of Tyagaraja, the leading figure of the Carnatic Trinity, a tradition carried into modern times by musicians such as Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna and Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu.
Advanced · 8 min · Full course - 1.22.3Crafts and festivals of Andhra: Kalamkari, Kondapalli, Etikoppaka, Sankranti and Gangamma jatara
Andhra's crafts, many with GI tags, include pen-drawn Srikalahasti and block-printed Machilipatnam Kalamkari, the light-wood toys of Kondapalli, the lacquered toys of Etikoppaka and famed handloom saris, while its festivals run from Sankranti and Ugadi to village-goddess jataras such as Tirupati's Gangamma jatara and Vizianagaram's Sirimanu festival.
Advanced · 8 min · Full course
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