Chapter 51 Watching Dance——Dedicated to the Indian dancers Karama Sisters

How should I describe the dance of the Karama sisters in India? If I were a poet, I would write a long poem to describe their changing dance. If I were a painter, I would use various colors to highlight their clear eyebrows and gorgeous costumes. If I were a composer, I would use musical notes to convey their light dance steps and the delicate ringing of bells. If I were a sculptor, I would simulate their slender and flexible figures full of vitality on jade. But I am nothing!I can only use my own poor words to describe this amazing dance art. Like a baby, seeing a dazzling red lotus in the morning sun, a dancing peacock in the deep forest, he wants to call out the surprise in his heart, but he can't find a suitable language except babbling!

But, friend, can I hold back the joy and excitement in my heart, and not spit out the "babbling" in my heart to you? I dare not pretend to be a scholar of Indian dance, to explain the history and sects of Indian dance, to explain that the Bharat dance they performed is the authentic Indian dance. I also dare not be like a dancer, expertly praising their every move and gesture, how "excellent they are". I am just an appreciator, but I am willing to work hard to express the flying "beauty" I feel in my heart! Friends, on an unforgettable night - the curtain slowly opened, and a small table in the middle of the stage was offering a dancing statue of Shiva, with two tall copper lamps burning on both sides, and the atmosphere on the stage was serene. Solemnly.

Karama Lakshman came out.What a brilliant flash!She bowed her head and clapped her hands deeply to the audience, then raised her head, showing her beautiful face, her pair of long eyebrows and her pair of eyes that could say thousands of words. She stood upright. The flute is played, the snare drum is played, the song is sung, and the Karama begins to dance. With her long eyebrows, beautiful eyes, fingers, and waist; with the flowers on her bun, the pleated skirt at her waist; with her delicate dance steps, the ringing of bells, moving slowly like a light cloud, and whirling like a whirlwind, Dance out the joys and sorrows in the poems.

Although we don't know the content of the story, our emotions can resonate with her actions!We see her frowning at times, showing infinite sorrow, her smiling face showing boundless joy, her eyelashes drooping sideways, showing coquettish shyness, and eyes widening, showing overwhelming anger. Suddenly, she gently touches her forehead and caresses her arms, draws her eyes and eyebrows, and performs a delicate and appropriate dressing;Like Shiva, in the frenzy of dancing, she forgets both her audience and herself.She just tried her best to tell the beautiful poetry stories of ancient India with her flexible and proficient limbs and five sense organs!

After performing dances one by one (little sister Lada, sometimes dances alone, sometimes with her sister, she is a young phoenix! The description is still young but her skills are deep, and her future achievements are also unlimited), we found that they are not only The expression of God and man is the plants, animals and animals: the petals tremble like lotus, the scurrying and jumping of deer, and the striding of peacock, all can be described to the fullest and extremely beautiful!The most exciting thing is the "snake dance", with the slight shaking of the neck and the slight trembling of the shoulders: waves of flexible peristalsis spread from the fingertips of the right hand to the fingertips of the left hand!I really can't describe it, so I can only borrow two lines from Bai Juyi's poem: "Zhuying dazzles and turns to the stars and shakes, and flowers cake fights scorpion, dragon and snake move" to include it.

Watching the dance of the Karama sisters makes people deeply understand the beautiful and long-standing culture and art of India: dance, music, sculpture, pictures...all are like branches on a big banyan tree, with branches drooping and rooted in the ground .These many branches are connected with each other in the earth, absorbing the food and support given to it by the mother earth, and this earth is the broad masses of the people of India with a long history. Karama and Radha are just two soft branches on this big banyan tree.Although Karama has lived on stage for 17 years in her 22 years, and Radha, who is 12 years old, has also had four years of performance experience, but we know that India's great mother earth will continue to The ground nourishes and nurtures them.

The most melancholy thing is that they just showed the Chinese people their "dragon-swimming" dancing posture, and because of the needs of the people of their motherland, they will fly back like a "frightened bird" within two or three days! In early spring in Beijing, we can’t find plump and fragrant flowers like their hometown in South India. We can only learn from their great poet Tagore’s poetic saying: Let us express our admiration and gratitude one by one, like a Blossoming like red flowers, put them into flower strings, hang them on their chests, and take them back to the Indian people, thank them for their friendship and enthusiasm, and thank them for their kindness in sending Lakshman sisters temporarily!

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