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[[File:Chirakara Salimkuamar perfoming Kathaprasangam.jpg|thumb|256px|right|'''Chirakara Salimkuamar''', a noted Kadhaprasangam artist, performing Kathaprasangam]]<br />
'''Kadhaprasangam''' (''lyrical narrative'' or ''story telling performance'') is a performing art of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. <br />
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== Performance ==<br />
It combines speaking, acting, and singing to present a story. Costumes, make-up, or settings are not used. The main artist, the ''Kaadhikan,'' tells the story, acts and sings with two or three accompanying instrumentalists.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/kerala/performing-arts/kathaprasangam.html |title=Kathaprasangam, Story Telling In Kerala |access-date=28 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208024633/http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/kerala/performing-arts/kathaprasangam.html |archive-date=8 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A performance typically lasts one-and-a-half to two hours. <br />
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== History ==<br />
It originated from an earlier art form [[Harikatha]]kalakshepam which used similar techniques, but differed in theme and style. While Harikadhakalakshepam was based on themes from [[puranas]] and [[epic poetry|epics]], Kadhaprasangam received themes largely from classical and popular literature. <br />
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Kadhaprasangam's heyday was in the second half of 20th century, attracting crowds on temple grounds in the festival season. It spread beyond temple grounds as a popular presentation viz. 'Kadhaprasangam' by Swami Sathyadevan. The Govt of India honoured Swami Sathyadevan with a pension awarded to founders of art forms while the Swami was in Banaras in 1961. <br />
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Its chief and later exponents were Swami Brahmavruthan, M. P. Manmadhan, K. K. Vadhyar, P. C. Abraham, [[Kedamangalam Sadanandan]], Joseph Kaimaparamban, Kadhikaratnam Mavelikara S.S.Unnithan, [[V. Sambasivan]], Kollam Babu, V. Harsha Kumar, Kallada V. V. Kutty, Paravur Sukumaran, [[V. D. Rajappan]], Vatakara V Asokan, Nadakkal Ashokkumar,V V Jose Kallada, Gopika Vazhuthacaud and others. They contributed to [[Kerala]]'s social and educational renaissance.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} Nadakkal Ashokkumar performed Kadhaprasangam in Temples, Cultural organisations, All India radio and Dooradarsan. He performed [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Hamlet]] and [[Mahabharatha]] stories.<br />
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== Source material ==<br />
The scripts can be original works written for the performance or adaptations of stories from epics, classical, or modern literature. [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[Othello]], [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s [[Anna Karenina]], [[Kumaran Asan]]'s [[Karuna (poem)|Karuna]], [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]]’s Magdalana Mariyam, [[Changampuzha Krishna Pillai]]'s [[Ramanan]], [[Thirunalloor Karunakaran]]'s [[Rani (Malayalam poem)|Rani]] and [[Vayalar Ramavarma]]'s Aaayisha were some of the literary classics thus successfully adapted for Kadhaprasangam.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Arts of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Performing arts in India]]</div>->RoanokeVirginia