Kala Vijayan - Mohini Attam- “Varika,varika sakhi“

Guru Kala Vijayan, scholar and specialist in Mohini Attam, classical south indian dance from Kerala, performs informally a choreography made by her mother, Master Kalyani Kuttiamma, (one of the most famous figures of the renewal of Mohini Attam, at the time when this dance heritage from Kerala was almost lost.) The song and dance depict a young girl who is waiting for a girlfriend whom she had sent with a secret message, to see the man (or Krishna) which she is in love with. She is anxious to know how he