Nattuvangam

This is an instrument which is used very particularly for Dance. It co-ordinates the song and the movements of the dancers and helps the performer on the rhythm side.The dance performer can effectively be a good choreographer when he/she knows Nattuvangam.It is an essential art that a dancer should know to become a GURU or a skilled performer.It is a multitasking art as playing the nattuvangam and reciting the ‘Jathis’(rhythmical patterns in dance) are done simultaneously.Thus this art requires mathematical knowledge . The art of nattuvangam constitute minute rhythm calculations that are relevant to the rhythmical calculations of ‘Jathis’ and ‘Adavus’.

“ All the ‘NATTUVANAARS’ are GREAT ‘GURUS’, But
Not all the ‘GURUS’ are GREAT ‘NATTUVANAARS’”