Thappu-Melakkali Dance:
Thappu-Melakkali is another famous folk dance of Kerala. It is a very unique kind of folk dance of Kerala. It is a kind of folk dance in which more than five people can participate. It is a group dance. All of dancer perform their dance on melodious rhythm of a beautiful musical instrument of Kerala called Thappu. Thappu is a form of musical drum. In Kerala Parayas people perform this folk dance on various festivals and occasions. Parayas is a famous community of Kerala. Mostly, this community is found around Malappuram district of the state.
Thappu melakkali dance is a fabulous and very fast dance. To perform this folk dance dancers have to move quickly according to rhythm of Thappu. Dancers increased their dancing tempo according to tempo of drum and they moves slowly when drummer plays it slowly. An Important feature of this folk dance is beautiful timing of body movement of dancers with rhythm. Thappu Melakkali involves beautifully turns around, uses of feet and banns of knees. They beautifully use their hands too, according to needs of dancing steps.
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