Sattriya Dance by Anwesa Mahanta
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Sattriya Dance
Traditional art forms are subject to cycles of growth, decay, renewal and reconstruction, many a time. Indian Dance for centuries survived in the precincts of temples and courts that nurtured the art forms and contributed to its sustenance. However, it suffered a gradual decadence during the colonial period and it was only after the emergence of the Nationalist Movement that there was an upsurge of Indian dance. And the regeneration can undoubtedly be acclaimed as Dance Renaissance that followed during the Post Independence period. Situated in an extreme corner of the country Assam with its Sattriya art however escaped from such amelioration. The lamp lit in the 15th and the 16th centuries leavened through the ages and continue to lit with all its brightness even today. Thus with such a hoary past Sattriya Dance is one of the greatest living traditions of Indian art. The Sattriya Dance, one of the finest forms of Indian dances, emerges from an offshoot of the Neo-Vaisnava movement in
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