Preettisen

The dancer leapt, swayed, mimed, smiled, grimaced…People were watching mesmerized. There was the expressive dancer, the mellifluous singer, the booming percussionist (the instrument known as mridangam) and a very Indian-sounding violin (suitably adapted from the western one).There was an upturned mud pot like instrument called Ghatam. An astonishing nasal sounding thing called Morsin, a tanpura(a very subtle stringed accompaniment) and an instrument sounding like a rattle with tiny bells(kind of like the tiny bells that the dancer wore as anklets).The entire crew sounding wonderfully harmonious. The Bharatnatyam dancer portrayed everyt