Kathak Performance at Lahore Fort | Discover Pakistan | sheesh mahal
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- An elegant and mesmerising classical dance performance at the heart of Lahore Fort (Sheesh Mahal).
History by Night Tours have become a platform for the revival of lost and dying art of classical kathak performance.
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It's quite engaging performance. The palace backdrop is fabulous too. I have had watched such performances only by Indian and Russian dancers so far. Good to see Pakistanis opening up to dance as well. Kudos!!👍
Who tf asked?
@@alihammadshah See 16 fkg likes, they did seemingly asked!
I didn't know that pakistan also has kathak dancers..great to see it.. love from India
Kathak was highly popularized during Mughal time, of course it exists in Pakistan.
@@adilelnhaily1960its because its an art form which originated from india and is a Hindu artform. Naturally people would be surprised to see indian classical dance celebrated in neighbouring countries.
kathak is orginally hindu dance from, started from rass leela hindu folk stories of radha and krishna, and kathak itself is sanskrit word which means story , the sargam and taals used are typical in all hindu classical dance which were orginally temple dance forms around 2500yr old. its funny to see how pakistani reject everything which is hindu and indian yet their entire culture is based on it xd. although in islam gungroo,music,dance are all banned seeing them perform, well thanks for keeping our culture alive haha.
Don’t forget it was in the Mughal Courts where Kathak got it’s elegance and reformation from. There is Islamic Sufi influence in Kathak & all the renditions of Kathak in movies, tell me why they dress in a arnakalis and do the tikkas like Muslim women ?
kathak was originally performed by nomads that went from village to village telling stories through dance THEN hindu leaders enjoyed it so much they invited them to perform in mandirs. after that came the mughals that made it more aesthetically pleasing and had kathak play in court they brought the true reforms XD after that the brits came and banned it. its funny how hindus try and claim all of south asian culture XD NOTHING came from you babes. try paying attention in history classes.
@@kashmalik4166 nah.. your mughul forefathers did Mujra, not Kathak
@@sasori7054 Your mughul fathers practiced is mujra, not kathak..
Kathak is Vedic Hindu danceform just like bharathanatyam. Kathak is holy
@@kashmalik4166 kathak had its elegance from the beginning when it was practiced in hindu temples. then mughuls came and made their own kathak version what you call now is Mujra dance
Both Indian and Pakistanis are pissing me off in the comments 😭
Im pakistani but do acknowledge my hindu and buddhist past as im not delusional
Kathak is classical indian dance and originated in 400 AD in Uttar Pradesh. However it was only a folk dance and was performed in temples. It was reformed during the Mughal courts thats where all the swirling comes from (sufism) and became more sophisticated and more technicalities were added during the mughal reign!
Kathak and Mujra are obviously different. Mujra was more to please kings in courts and is obviously different to classical kathak however kathak was preserved by tawaifs and passed down that way so lets not erase either the hindu or mughal origins of our culture. The instruments were also added during the mughal empire too. Kathak does have persian influence but yes it is ORIGINALLY hindu. Its not pure mughal or pure hindu.
North India is a blend of so many different cultures and it's beautiful but my people can't ever seem to see that and it's heartbreaking
I get you. But it's also understandable to see why indian Hindus are upset by this as dance is considered a very sacred form of worship in hindusim and Hindus will see it as religious appropriation since the performers here are Muslim.
There is nothing wrong with Pakistanis practicing kathak but kindly don't refer to it as Pakistani classical dance because its origins are in india. Calling it Pakistani erases it's origins.
I've seen many posts from Pakistanis claiming it as Pakistani classical dance.
lol it didn’t, everything that kathak has is written in. Hindu Natyashastra (the book of dance) and the very first step in kathak is to praise lord Nataraja (the divine being of dance). Are Muslims allowed to do that? Your ancestors WITHOUT CONSENT Left Hinduism, while the other paid taxes just to follow their faith. Stop appropriating Religious Dances and profiting off of it. The only ‘refinement’ Kathak gained during the Mughal era was that this pious art form got sexualized by bloody rapist invaders and appropriated into their lust driven dance form ‘mujra’
All the original bandish were about Radha Krshna, whether performed in Royal courts or Mandirs
Seeing the comment between Indians and Pakistanis here like watching Malaysians and Indonesians fighting for food claim. Why don't you all admit that you are from the same fathers. Each culture has embellished to each uniqueness.
Dance is excitement and give feel of freedom.
Love and support from India 🇮🇳.
Btw it's actually a hindu dance form , suprised to see Pakistani muslim didn't oppose it
Kathak belongs to both muslims and hindus.. kathak floureshd undr islamic mughal era..
@@doctorj9594 Kathak was a dance form which was done to show the rasleela happening between bhagwan krishna and Radha. It didn't "flourish" under mughal era. What flourished under mughal era was mujra a different form of style. Kathak is somewhat religious.
@@hey-yw4rd kathak did flourish in the mughal mera, so did other hindu art forms. also muslims have been participating in hindu traditions from singing bhajans to acting in ram leelas since long
@@subhanhasan990tsikfm yes I do agree with you. Muslims did take part in hindu traditions and they still do. But it existed way before Islam came into existence. That's what I'm saying
@@doctorj9594 nah bruh kathak is hindu dance form orginally orginated from rass leela and what mughals had was "mujra" which is entirely diffrent yes it might be orginated in india because turks dont have it but indian mughals had it.
kathak itself is sanskrit word and even ur gazal is inspired by sanskrit sargam, mughals had nothing of their own their culture developed in india, islam doesnt allows art and music but our entire india and hindusim is based on it
Nice to see kathak ..which was once patronized by Nawab wajid ali shah ..has some dancers in Pakistan
So sad.... No costumes....
Kathak origin lies in Islam..and Hindu God Krishna is follower of Muhammad...and we live in Mars 😂😂😂
Wtf are u even talking about
What are name of performers?
They are father and daughter.
Do you know the timings of this performance
Gorgeos
No spirituality only mujra like vulgarity
Please google what is mujra
Stupid ppl like you are the reason why art cant be flourished.
@@doctorj9594 exactly theyre destryoying their own heritage
Tum karo to Kathak, hum Karen to mujra.. 😂 explains alot about your mindset.. associating words and dance with certain religions.. lol
@@slaveofpenguinempire5781’Certain religions’ LOL It is one of the 5 HINDU/SANATANI classical dances. It is mentioned and performed in HINDU texts, In Nrityashashtra and the very first thing is it’s DEDICATED to our GOD! TALWAR KE DAR SE SALWAR pehn li lekin religion ke practices nahin bhooli jaa rahin lol. Your invader fathers sexualized this dance form for their prostitute twaifs who can’t even do basic mudras 😂😂😂😂😂
It's mujra not kathak 😂
And said who..if this is mujra..all kathak dancers are baiji..rubbish.. this has been performed as darbar toda..teen taal. Need more info
@@rashmikapoor8846 No mam, Kathak is from Mahabharata , Krishna time and performed in temple.. Mujra was for "kothas'.U need to educate about yourself about history..your history don't start from Mughal times..they r much older..
@@amit9023 where in Mahabharata u see kathak?
@@vipint3694it’s written in our texts. Mahabharata and Nrityashashrtra, Stop stealing religious dances and teachings for your lustful tawaifs and prostitutes. It’s embarrassing
مغلیہ ثقافت کی بات ہی الگ ہے۔ نفاست، تہذیب،اداب۔۔۔ہر چیز عالیشان ہے
At least read the history of Kathak
Kathak is originated from Krishna and Radha’s raasleela , that is why we call kathak as natwari nirtya too . This nirtya is basically performed at temples but when Mughal Darbaar started, it was performed in front of kings and named as Mughal kalin nirtya.
Kathak comes from the word katha, which means ‘story’. It first started when some dancers used to portray various stories(katha) about Krishna, Shiva or scenes from the popular epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata in temples. At this stage, kathak was all about telling stories to the common people in the form of dance.
Simple google would have helped you.
And yes, I'm more than educated in this to tell you all this.
Please don't discredit the origins.
Odissi, Manipuri,etc all have their origin in Nryta shastra.
Moreover, all the gharans of it are in India and all each of gharans was developed by indians.
@@jam-ss2jcمیرے دوست نرتھ اور کتھک میں فرق ہے ۔جو نرتھ کرشنا اور مذہبی ناج تھا وہ مغلیہ کتھک سے مختلف ہے۔مختاف ہے۔مغلیہ کتھک اویغور کے رقص سے ملکر بنا ہے یہاں تک کےانار کلی کی پوشاک بھی۔
@@bilalghizal what mughuls practiced is not kathak. our kathak dance was holy. used to be performed in temples. what mughuls practiced is mujra dance which is still going on in Pakistan(it has become more vulgar now).dont associate mujra of mughuls with kathak.
@@jam-ss2jcdidn't it adapt during the mughal empire? Or is this pure classical kathak with no mughal influence
Good to see Pakistan reconnecting with their Hindu past.
P.S- Lucknow Gharana of Kathak was developed by Pandit Bindadin Maharaj so please don’t come claiming Lucknow branch of Kathak was developed by Muslims 😂😂
who was ishwari prasad then ?
@@Technology-of-You Yes U are right! My bad I made a mistake. Ishwari Prasad was the main and I think his one of his grandsons probably Prakashji got patronage of Nawab of Lucknow. Bindadin Maharaj was Prakashji’s grandson . I just checked it in my book. Thanks for correcting me
Pls stop making a fuss
@@Technology-of-You but kathak alredy orginated in form of rass leela in india, kathak is 4ce old before mughals even came lol
@@lll2282 "kathak alredy orginated in form of rass leela in india"
wrong.. do not blabber anything about something you dont know.
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