Anklets (payal)

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Anklets (payal)

***** Location: India
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation


Anklets, payal (pronounced with a long a, like paayal) ; in Telugu, pattelu.

the bells that a woman wears on her ankles.

The very name Payal conjures up mystery - romance – excitement – the old-world charm and old movies like – Bees Saal Baad and Mughal e Asaam - comes to mind all in that order!

Hindustani classical music has dozens of compositions based on the sound of the Payals.

Jhanaka Jhanaka Payal baaje
Chum chananana nana Payal baaje – and so many more beautiful compositions – all haunting ones.

Payals are worn by girls especially on their wedding day – and generally in silver.

The pure gold payals are to be worn only by the royal family . . .

There is a beautiful Tamil epic called – Silapathikaram – all about the anklet – a moving tale of love and courage.

Kala Ramesh

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Silver Payal (Anklet)



Exotic India Anklets

Women and Jewelry - The Spiritual Dimensions of Ornamentation


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HAIKU

sound of payal
fades away softly
into the moorland

first night . . .
his heart beats
with her nearing payal

concert hall -
sound of payal disturbs
the singer

Kala Ramesh

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roadside beggar -
her anklets sparkle
in spring sunshine

Gabi Greve

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Dedicated to Amanda
by Narayanan Raghunathan

spring dawn ~
ancient anklets sparkle
silent fairy tales

twilight sun
hesitates, listening to
anklets approaching

anklets walk on ~
all people turn around
to seek the dancer

autumn dreams
after the crisp thillana,
the silent anklets


Thillana
A type of Dance composition performed in Bharata Naatyam at the end of the dance recital. This genre is very highly Thaal[am] based and done in intricate fast tempo with various rhythmic variations. With this the dancer exhausts her[his] talents into fatigue. and after a brief prayer retreats . Thillana can easily be appreciated by a general audience since it is movement and fury and the dancer's skills are self-evident.

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Related words

***** Bracelets, Bangles (Armreifen in German)


Indian Bangles are universal fashion accessory being used from the ages by the people of every age.
http://www.raunharman.com/bangles.htm

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