Discover why Indian classical and folk dancers are built different! In this video, we explore the unique physical conditioning, flexibility, stamina, and strength required for traditional Indian dance ...

On Oct. 31, some Hindu-American families will be celebrating the confluence of two holidays: Diwali and Halloween. One is a festival of lights; the other a fun celebration of darker things. It's ...

The Mangal Kavyas, folk narratives that emerged in Bengal between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, were not peripheral literature. How did they transform folk deities into Hindu gods, and ...

Temple worship has kept alive the ballad tradition through villuppattu. “Villupattu ballads were mostly about temple deities. They began to be written down sometime in the 18th century, and in one ...

An Indian entrepreneur in Germany labeled backlash against a folk dancer at the Washington Monument as "straight up racism," highlighting perceived double standards. He questioned the intense ...