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== Performance == | == Performance == | ||
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Kaosikii dance is done with | Kaosikii dance is done with 18 steps that follow from the initial ready position. The series of steps may be repeated as often as desired. In the starting position, the dancer's hands are together and raised over the head. To the rhythmic beat of "dhin, dhin,... ,tá, tá", which is later replaced by variations on the mantra "Baba Nam Kevalam", the dancer begins swaying the arms and torso as the feet move in place, respectively behind each other. For example, first the toes of the right foot go behind the heel of the left foot and then vice versa. At the same time, the upper body sways to the right, (45 and then 90 degrees down, followed by 45 and then 90 degrees up). The same thing is done to the left. And then forward, and finally backward. These light steps are all referred to as ''dhin''. In the final two steps, the dancer stamps firmly on the ground (''tá'' ''tá''). There is no limit to the number of rounds that a Kaoshikii dancer may perform. | ||
== Ideation == | == Ideation == | ||