Guest guest Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sambandar and Agni "Hello everybody !!!Yognajali Natyalayam composes, choreographs and performs a dance drama each year since its creation in 1993. In 2009, they created and performed Thirugnana Sambandar, the story of a Shaivite Saint who was also a great musician and lived in a century (6th / 7th century) marked by quite some rivalry in South India between Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.This item is part of this dance drama and was presented at the 2009 International Yoga Festival of Puducherry. It shows an episode of Sambandar's life which depicts his battle against Agni, the God of Fire, who had set a village on fire in order to kill him.This choreography can be seen as illustrating the play of action and reaction : for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction as can be seen in the fight. It can also be seen as illustrating the battle of ignorant selfishness and of an enlightened and open mindset.Hopefully by rising above our limited points of views, we may be able to overcome communalisms and divisions and share the richness of our diversities.A lot of dialogical and inspiring energies to all of you !!!Christoph"Involves Christoph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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