Jakkini- Indo- Persian Sufi Dance in Bharatanatyam-Reconstructed by Dr. Swarnamalya Ganesh

Jakkini
The whirling dervish dance movements in Jakkini is an example of how art and culture inter linked regions, nations and cultures.
Art plays a significant role in gathering the historical connections between nations.When these art forms go into oblivion, with them, disappear the connected histories.
Jakkini was influenced by Persian music and language and was part of Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of South India.
It has been out of vogue since the beginning of the 19th century.
Using textual and representational sources, along with archaeological evidence Jakkini was reconstructed during Dr. Swarnamalya’s research.
This dance resurfaces the lost connections between South India and the Persian countries.
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