{"id":213,"date":"2017-10-02T17:28:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/asia\/?p=213"},"modified":"2021-10-19T14:18:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:18:24","slug":"the-twentieth-century-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/asia\/the-twentieth-century-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twentieth Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless of Sri Lanka\u2019s political turmoil and continuous civil war, some forms of performing arts are widely practised even today. The gradual secularisation of <i>Kandyan dances<\/i>, first when they were added to the annual Kandy Perahera procession in 1916, and later in the 1950s when they were, in standardised form, added to the curricula of schools and art institutions, has ensured the status of <i>Kandyan dances<\/i> as an important part of the country\u2019s national heritage.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-213 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sri46.jpg'><img width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sri46.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-773\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-773'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Kandyan dances form the basis for a revived and modern repertoire for female dancers <span>Jukka O. Miettinen<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Nowadays the Kandyan dance technique is also taught to female dancers, though only in an adapted form. According to visual sources, such as the temple relief discussed at the beginning of this Sri Lanka section, it seems that the female dance tradition was abandoned only in the late Kandyan period. Thus the revival of female dances seems, indeed, a very natural phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1970s <i>Kandyan dance<\/i>s were adapted for the modern stage, first by the choreographer Chitrasena Dias and later by several other choreographers. More recently many dancer-choreographers have used Sri Lankan techniques as a basis for contemporary creations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-213 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sri47.jpg'><img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/disco.teak.fi\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sri47.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-774\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-774'>\n\t\t\t\tA modern, orientalistic creation <span>Jukka O. Miettinen<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Several of the village rituals are still practised, among them <i>sanni <\/i>and <i>kolam<\/i>. Their stock numbers have also been adapted for the modern stage. Although much has been done to keep the dance traditions alive, the fate of the marionette theatre seems grim at the moment, since only a handful of puppeteer families are striving to keep it alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless of Sri Lanka\u2019s political turmoil and continuous civil war, some forms of performing arts are widely practised even today. 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