Eye Dancing and India’s Ancient Art of Kathakali

𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗹𝗶, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗮, 𝘂𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀; 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘂𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘀, 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗹𝗶'𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲.