Mysore/Mysuru, Feb. 23 -- University of Kerala's senior professor Dr. B. Hariharan speaks about expressive storytelling

Kathakali, Kerala's world-renowned classical dance-drama with a history spanning over 400 years, communicates through gestures, expressions and symbolic hand movements that together form a universal language understood across cultures, said Dr. B. Hariharan, Senior Professor of English at the University of Kerala.

Speaking at a session titled 'Don Quixote's Life in New Translations,' Dr. Hariharan explained that Kathakali artistes convey complex narratives through colourful costumes, elaborate make-up, the facial expressions of the nine 'rasas' and codified hand gestures. "Even without words, the story is communicated ...