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Dance of the mystical snake amidst the sands and camels of the Arabian Desert!

A Bharatanatyam dance by IndianRaga Fellows on the occasion of International Dance Day!

‘Aadu Paambe” literally means ‘dance snake’. This Bharatanatyam item is performed in the Al Badayer desert of Dubai. “Naadhar mudi mel irrukum” in raga Punnagavarali set to Adi talam is the well known composition of Pambaatti Siddhar, one of the famous Siddhas of Tamil Nadu who originally belonged to the Jogi tribe that caught snakes for a living. Here, the dancers depict the myriad roles of the supernatural snake: as the cobra adorning Lord Shiva’s head, as the bangles of Shiva’s consort Parvati, as the poisonous dweller of the underworld, and as the protector of Krishna. All the while they coax the snake to ‘uncoil and dance’.

This innovative recital was created by several performing artists. Dancers Sophia Salingaros, Swathi Jaisankar and Isha Parupudi collectively choreographed the item. The music production by Mahesh Raghvan was supported by Vinod Krishnan (Vocal), Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (Mridangam), Akash Gururaja (Violin), Mahesh Raghvan (iPad) and Vivek Ramanan (Konnakol).

[aleenaprasannan]

Dancing in sand is no joke, you girls nailed it. Though a bit of a steady shot could have helped in appreciating the formations...None the less, this is a wonderful piece of art

[shreeloves]

One word : MAGNIFICENT
Edit : their blue outfits made it feel like it was a wave of water in the middle of the desert..amazing

[alcon]

Dancing perfectly despite the scorching sun and hot sand. Love IndianRaga!

[shashankpathak]

Woahhhh!!! Awesome....
N that's the strength of a bharatanatyam dancer
Danced on hot sands bare foot
N got all energy because of dance itself ❤️❤️
U ppl jus rocked it

[followingmahesh]

This was such an brilliant piece to produce! Thanks to everybody involved (Sophia, Swathi, Isha, Vinod, Akshay, Vivek and Akash) for taking it to the next level with your performances :)

[gowsick]

Do more TAMIL Songs like this 🔥❤️
Love from Srilanka 🇱🇰

[GomzG]

I love how Hinduism celebrates animals and reptiles like Snakes, instead of other cultures that show snakes as symbols of temptation.

[kamatchisuresh]

Super girls nice performance in dessert. Snake dance in Tamil (especially) wow 😍😍😍

[newvidya]

A person who sees the dance will get dragged to see the wonderful dance moves....however, if a person listens to the audio can only feel the emotions in which the singer has sung this song... Superb Voice Vinod Keep falling in love with your voice and style of God bless the entire team. Super team effort.

[ranjuradha]

I can immediately connect with this song. So addictive... It's gives rush yet peaceful 😌

[dianekim]

Awsmmmm dance
I am a kathak dancer but then also I have to consider that these 3 bharatnatyam dancers have some talent .
Really awesome
Hats off !!!

[megawin]

Wow... that was really cool.
A challenging dance done outside with beautiful dresses, under the hot sun 🌞, on hot sand🔥 with a background camel🐪. Thanks for sharing 👍

[anuktachattopadhyay]

I don’t know why - this brought tears to my eyes. Such beauty, such grace. This is the closest to divine one would ever get.

[JithinVijayan]

വാക്കുകള്‍ ഇല്ല.... Indian Raga - Thanks a lot....

[preethykokila]

Always loved these three's combos...Right from Namashivaya..!🔥🔥❤

[chettiarsbc]

Wow never seen anything like this before just amazing. A huge salute to these talented young dancers 🙏💕

[siddharthsharma]

Woah, those dresses when open had exact design like hood of snake, goosebumps.

[redcenterau]

I KNEW IT! No one believed me when I said I came across three dancing beauties in the desert when I was lost. So, finally a video proving I wasn't hallucinating.
PS: Watch carefully and you might see my shadow behind one of the camels. 😁

[Noname-oyee]

superb job by all the whole team especially the dancers brilliant! if it was the malayalam version of this it would've be more pleasing to the ear as well.. 😊

[imnotsure]

I love how elegant and beautiful they look. One thing about all indian classical dances, you never need skimpy outfits to attract peoples attention. Their talent and gracefulness do it all