Google Doodle celebrates Independence Day 2021 with graphic featuring diverse dance forms
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Today’s Independence Day 2021 Google Doodle has been illustrated by Kolkata-based artist Sayan Mukherjee. It features diverse forms of classical dance.
Google Doodle celebrated Independence Day 2021 with an animated graphic that features the country’s “cultural traditions forged in centuries of historical progress.” Today’s special doodle has been illustrated by Kolkata-based artist Sayan Mukherjee and features diverse forms of classical dance. If you observe closely, on the far left, is a woman performing Bharatnatyam, which originated 3,000 years ago in Tamil Nadu. Depicted third from the right is the masked reenactments from Indian epics known as Chhau dance. This form of dance originated in Jharkhand, the Purulia Chau, and the Seraikella Chau regions.
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