baris or warrior dance can be performed either as a solo or in a group of five or more, and either by young woman or, more commonly, a young man strutting on stage with knees and feet turned out, his centre of gravity kept low, the baris cuts an impresive figure in a gilded brocade cloak of ribboned pennants which fly out dramatically at every turn. in his performance , he enacts a young warior’s preparation for batle, guading himself into courageous mood, trying out his martial skills, showing pride at his calling and then expressing a whole series of emotions ferocity,passion, tenderness, rage-much of through the arresting movements of his eyes.
in ist original sacred form, this was a devotional dance wich soldiers dedicated themselves and their weapons to the god

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