# Kathak ( Dance of India )

Kathak ( Dance of India ) SummaryPresents Malabar's age - old dance drama, the gorgeous spectacle of Kathakali. Explains the meaning of the Kathakali gesture language. Enacts in traditional Kathakali style three famous episodes from the Indian epic 'THE MAHABHARATA.'. Focuses of the life of Peter Boru, a sixteen-year-old former herdsboy who has become a boarding school student. The question, "Education for what?" is posed when both tradition and forces of change common to the developing areas make the economic outlook bleak for such young people even if they are able to complete the local education requirements. From the Faces ofe series.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1945
- Runtime: 9 min
- By: Mir, Ezra, Bose, Modhu, Information Films of India
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/kathakdanceofindia)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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