India is a huge country. Since ancient times the concept of Akhand Bharat existed, which included a lot of small states governed by individual kingdoms. It is but natural to have variety in every aspect of life, music being not an exception. However, widely speaking, the music can be divided broadly into folk and classical music. Another broad division is North Indian Music (Hindustani Music) and South Indian Music (Carnatic Music). Though both these music have vaguely similar base and have taken birth from the same land, yet there are distinctive difference that are visible.
The science of dance was extremely well developed in ancient India. The word Angalakshana (5 types) refers to the way of moving the body parts. In order to understand the concept and to perform Angalakshana, one has to understand and practice the categorization of the human body. Types of Angalakshanam are written below. We will in-turn look at each of the Angalakshana in detail. Each and every student had to understand and practice this on a daily basis. Only after the mastering these, the Gurus would move towards teaching the students the dance numbers. Shirobhedam Dristibhedam Greevabhedam Paadabhedam Gatibhedam The concept of Human anatomy was well understood in ancient India.A human body was presented as an inverted tree. This tree has roots at the top (head) and the branches (limbs) connected by the stem (body). For the benefit of study not just for dance but for Ayurveda, spirituality etc as well the Human body was mainly divided into 3 broad divisions 1.
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