Dappan koothu

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines.

If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion. (See also Wikipedia:Notability)
This article has been tagged since March 2007.
? This article or section may contain original research or unattributed claims.
Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the talk page for details.
This article or section may contain inappropriate or misinterpreted citations which do not verify the text.
Please help improve this article by checking for inaccuracies. This article has been tagged since March 2007. (help, talk, get involved!)

Dappaankuthu or Dappan koothu is a type of dance performed on the streets of Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It has become a very popular film music genre[2] (also called gaana) in Kollywood cinema of Chennai.[3].

Unlike other classical Indian dances such as Bharatnatyam or Kathakali, dappaankuthu is informal: it has no structured, repeated steps and dancers do not learn through formal dance classes.

[edit] Etymology and Origin

Dappaankuthu is derived from the Tamil words, 'thappu' (or 'adi' ) and 'koothu' , which respectively mean 'beat' or the instrument which creates sound while beating (which is used as a percussion instrument during the performance), and 'dance' in classical Tamil.

[edit] Musical Instruments

A percussion instrument called tharai thappattai, resembling a tambourine without the jingles, is used for dappaankuthu. Unlike normal tambourines, this requires a kind of wooden drumstick to play. A customised trumpet is also sometimes employed. The thappu is made up of calf's skin. Before playing this instrument, people normally will make that warm. The reason behind playing this instrument in death houses is to reduce or to suppress the sound of crying or to inform others about the death in the villages of Tamil Nadu.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/11/stories/2005051100210400.htm
  2. ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/10/06/stories/2003100600170400.htm
  3. ^ http://carnatica.net/nvr/edit-tyag-feb2005-ii.htm


 This India-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
This dance-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../d/a/p/Dappan_koothu.html"