HANDCRAFTED PAPER PULP WITH HAND PAINTED KATHAKALI 10 INCHES

Keralashopee Kathakali Face In Paper Pulp With Hand Painted In 10" Size. Attractive Gift. Kathakali Is The Typical Traditional Art Form Of Kerala. This Art Form Has Mainly Performed The Stories On The Basis Of Puranas.

Kathakali means a dance drama. Kathakali a dance drama form and is extremely colourful with wafting costumes, flowing scarves, ornaments, and crowns. The dancers use a specific type of symbolic makeup to portray various roles, which are character-types rather than individual characters. Various qualities, human, godlike, demonic, etc., which all represented through fantastic make-up and costumes. 

The stories from the two epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, as well as the Puranas, constitute the themes of the Kathakali dance dramas.

The macro and micro movements of the face, the movements of the eyebrows, the eyeballs, the cheeks, the nose and the chin are minutely worked out and various emotions are registered in a flash by a Kathakali dancer. Often men play the female roles, though of late women have taken to Kathakali. 

The most striking feature of Kathakali is its overwhelming dramatic quality. However, its characters never speak. It danced to the musical compositions, involving dialogues, narration, and continuity. It employs the lexicon of a highly developed hand-gesture language, which enhances the facial expressions and unfolds the text of the drama.

Material: Paper Pulp

Measure: 10 inches (H27XW23) 

Each piece is unique and slight variation may occur, as it is purely handmade.
Note: This Is Not A Mask. This Is An Excellent Product Which Can Be Used As A Wall Hanging Decor.