Kathak Dance and Pakistan

[narayan]

Re: Kathak Dance and Pakistan

@Toloo-e-Aftob

I don’t think girls belonging to respectable Arab families will do Raqs-Sharqi (Belly-Dancing) for strange men, like us Pakis a lot of Arabs are quite conservative (except Lebanese Christians), just as in Paki society only Miraasi/Tawaaif girls from low-class dancer families (Tabley Waaley) do Kathak, in Arabia only girls who come from musician families will put on shows…

Let’s put religion aside because women displaying their bodies for strange men in any dance whether it’s Kathak or Raqs-Sharqi is forbidden..

…Let’s look at it from a purely aesthetic perspective, you’ll have to agree that Raqs-Sharqi is far far sexier and more attractive than Kathak, Kathak looks kind of weird, it’s not as strange as some of the other Indian classical dances such as Bharat-Natyam/Dasi-Attam which are far clownier but it certainly isn’t sexy like Raqs-Sharqi.

Kathak and Bharatnatyam - is not meant to show skin.

Here are some pictures with dresses women wear while doing these dances

Kathak


http://www.creativeantics.com/images/dance/anj1/anj_9469.jpg

Bharatnatyam
http://www.sino.net/guide/images/india/Bharatnatyam_dance.jpg
http://www.du.edu/~mrawat/indian_dance_troupe.jpg