![]() ![]() ![]() The complexity of the movements gradually increase. And the movements are performed according to the syllables set for beat (thala). It is warm up item where the artist prepares the body for the next hours of vigorous performance. In this item the dancers salute the God, Guru and the Audience. The first part of the Arangetram comprises the following items. The performaer must have a lot of stamina and concentration as he or she has to perform the Arangetram for about 3 hours. ![]() The performer wears a lot of jewellary, make-up and specially stiched dress. These accompaniments play a very important role. Other instruments like veena, flute etc., are optional. The accompaniment include the singer, the Mridhanga Player, the Violin player and the Natvanga. And the Arangetram is performed after advance learning. However, this concept has changed slightly and the Salangai poojai or Gajjepooje is performed after a few of learning dance. The Sishya is not supposed to wear the Jingles until this ceremony is performed. In Tamil this is known as Salangai Poojai where Salangai means the jingles and the poojai menas prayers to God. Arangetram was known as Gejjepooje once in the Old Mysore District (the State of Karnataka in South India ) which means worshipping the jingles in Kannada. For performing this Arangetram the student must have atleast 10 to 12 years of training. So the Arangetram is done only when the Guru feels that the Sishya is capable and talented enough to perform the Arangetram. Arangetram is test for the Sishya ( student) as well as the Guru (teacher) as the Guru’s knowledge and the Sishya’s talent are judged by the Public. Ii is also called as Rangaprevesha in Kannada (another South Indian Language) where Ranga means stage and prevesha means enter. In Tamil (one of the south Inidan languages)Aranga means is raised stage and etram means climbing. It reflects the different stages of the dancer’s consciousness. Arangetram is a granduation performance that is the part of the traditional format – the Margam ( path). ![]()
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