Kerala Arts
Kerala Folk Arts
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| Oppana
Oppana is makeup. This is dance by Muslims
girls while doing bridal makeup. It is an all girls' performance
in the bridal chamber. Friends and other girls of the bride's age
sing to the rhythm of clapping hands in fast tempo and dance teasing
the bride on the eve of marriage preparing her for the ceremony
doing her face make up, manicuring and applying henna on the palms
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