Kathakali is an ancient dance form of Kerala where the narrator recites and uses his hands, legs and faces as gestures. Kathakali comes from Katha story and Kali game. Some of the themes of Kathakali are the fight between Good and Evil and traditions and culture of the society.
I have divided the experiences of Kathakali as:
a) Spiritual
b) Cathartic
c) Orgasmic
Spiritual Experiences
In the spiritual explanation: Ravana the demon abducts Sita (wife of Ram) and takes her to Lanka. Ram rescues her from the trap and slays Ravana. It is a spiritual experience of a binary divide and that is good over evil.
Cathartic Experience
When the Kathakali artist mimics the actions of Devils and Gods the mind undergoes rapture, a catharsis of cleansing. All the negative thoughts become cleaned and the mind traverses as ecstasy.
Orgasmic Experience
Here I am not talking of a sexual orgasm but a mental one. Kathakali is a voyage of a ritual caught up in the act of masquerading an element of verisimilitude, a feast for the eye, a loin of desire, a rapture of penetration, a cycle of Promethean passion, a serenade of precious truth, a gospel of a seed of joy, a carnal sensuality, a song of binary opposites, a thaumaturge of feeling, a dance of the mind, a balm of sweetness.
