Movie: Chithiram pesuthadi Song: Vazha meenu. This special form of music has its roots at various kuppams and pettais (regions) of the Chennai city. Gaana is like Hip hop or a Rap equivalent in Tamil. Gaana means “song” (so Gaana is recursive naming like GNU, well almost!). There are special “Death punch” bands available, who can play the music and perform the dance during the procession.Īnother form of Dappankuthu music that has recently gained in popularity is “Gaana” songs. It is not a custom of every one in Tamil nadu, but there are quite a few who do it. This is a kind of a wild country beat that is played during the funeral procession. Savu kuthu (or Savu kottu) which means “Death beat” (or Death punch). There are also some subset of Dappankuthu music. But you are welcome to add your favourite Dappankuthu songs with links in the comments. In order to keep the post within the standard blog reader attention span, I will stop the list of songs here. This song is an expression of joy over earning money, becoming rich. Movie: Kathala Kathala Song: “ Kaasumela“. You can also preview/buy the song for 99cents from iTunes.
#Kuthu songs dance movie#
This is a victory song, where the hero in the movie (Tamil superstar) celebrates his victory of taming a furious bull. Just click on the song name “Annanukku jai”. Movie: Murattu kaalai (means “Raging bull”), Song: “Pothuvaga”. I will pick a few of the most popular of Dappankuthu songs from the Tamil movies, for you hearing and dancing pleasure. We shall refer to this as Dappankuthu music from here on. They all base it on a single style of beat called the “Kottu”. There have been thousands of “Dappankuthu” songs in Tamil music. In order to perform one, just follow those 8 steps outlined in wikipedia and keep improving on it at your will.Īny dance cannot be performed without music. None of these are scientifically proven, but after a brief performance you will find out that you don’t need scientific proofs to believe in this. It is also a great cardio-vascular workout. Everyone is a beginner and are expected to create and learn new steps each and every time.ĭappankuthu dance is used to express joy, relieve yourself of emotional stress, and boost your self esteem. There are no dance teachers and no student dancers. Yes, Dappankuthu is a “free and open source” form of dancing. During college music festivals, it is common for students to dance with “extra-ordinary” coke bottles or chairs or belts or sometimes even people being thrown up in the air. You are allowed to pick any props at will and create steps the way you want. The main idea behind this form of dance is how creative (or destructive) can you get. It is considered important to dance the way one feels during the performance (i.e., to improvise), so dapaankuthu is not necessarily restricted to the above steps, though they form the major elements of this traditional art form.] I would like to quote a portion of it which is very significant. So here is what wiki says about Dappankuthu Wiki has nothing that it cannot explain it to you.
#Kuthu songs dance how to#
There are no exact rules of how to perform this piece of art but I was quite sweetly greeted with some steps to follow when I casually searched for it in Wikipedia. This is a form of dance for the common man, a freestyle way of dancing. Dappankuthu is a form of Indian dance, born in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. So a literal translation for it is “box punch”. “Dappa” means box and “Kuthu” means punch.