Artists perform Tamil Nadu's folk dance Dappankuthu at Commonwealth closing ceremony. Viral video
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Mithuja, Usha Dey and Janusha performed Tamil Nadu's folk dance called Dappankuthu at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Birmingham. A clip of the same has gone viral online.
Our country were stellar at the Commonwealth Games that were held in Birmingham, London this year. We won a ton of medals and our athletes made the nation proud. While the games were concluded on Monday, we have a short video from the closing ceremony that we want to talk about. In the clip, three women can be seen representing our golden culture at the closing ceremony. They performed Tamil Nadu's folk dance called Dappankuthu and you should definitely check it out.
The now-viral video was shared by a dancer named Mithuja. In the clip, she was accompanied by Usha Jey and Janusha and performed the folk dance Dappankuthu or simply Kuthu. The women were wearing plain white kurta sets and gave a stunning performance for the audience to the Tamil song Dia Dia Dole. Meanwhile, Kuthu is a dance form that gives emphasis on percussion.
"Letting go your body and your mind. Kuthu is a way for us to set our emotions free. It is the rawest form of ourselves. We are really happy that we could represent our culture at such a big competition as the #CommonwealthGames22. Felt UNREAL to perform our Tamil street dance over there," Mithuja wrote while sharing the clip.
Watch the viral video here:
The video went viral online with over 6 lakh views and a ton of reactions from netizens. People showered a lot of love on the graceful ladies and the comments section was proof of that.
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