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Kaosikii dance is done with 18 steps that follow from the initial, ready position. 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. First the forefoot of the right foot goes behind the heel of the left foot, and then vice versa. At the same time, the upper body sways to the right, (30, 60, and then 90 degrees down, followed by 45 and then 90 degrees up). The same thing is done with the upper body swaying to the left to the left. Then the upper body sways forward (90 and then 180 degrees down, followed by 180 degrees up), and finally backward (45 and then 90 degrees back, followed by 90% up). These light steps are all referred to as ''dhin''. In the final two steps, the dancer stamps firmly on the ground (''tá'' ''tá''), first with the right foot and then with the left. Immediately thereafter, the next round of 18 steps begins. There is no limit to the number of rounds that a Kaoshikii dancer may perform.