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Milestones from the Mahatma's life
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Cultural troupe from South Africa portrays Gandhiji's life
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FROM AFRICA WITH LOVE: A cultural troupe from South Africa presenting a dance at a programme organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations on Wednesday. — Photo: R. SHIVAJI RAO
CHENNAI
: The performance of the cultural troupe from South Africa was mostly about India - their choice of dance, Bharatanatyam, is as Indian as it gets. The programme was organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
The first part of the programme was `Satyagraha,' which presented the story of Gandhi in a nutshell — a build up to Gandhi Jayanti celebrated on October 2.
Bharatanatyam dancers enacted milestones in his life. For example, one sequence was `He went to jail and fasted to get dignity.' They also made use of an African tribal dance to signify anger and chaos.
One of the dance sequences was the gumboot dance, done by miners at the end of a long day. The dancers kept the beat by slapping their gumboots and stomping their feet.
The programme was by Ryan's International and Kanthsruby Dance Academy as part of their India tour.
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