Volume 1 of 2-volume course. Volume 1 has 24 lessons, each containing a conversation, a grammar section, and exercises. Romanized transcription is used in the first 12 lessons. Sinhalese script is introduced in Lesson 5. Beginning with Lesson 13, all new material is written in Sinhalese script.
Sinhala Natum, Dances of the Sinhalese
✍ Scribed by Raghavan M.D.
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 184
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Colombo: M. D. Gunasena & Co. Ltd., 1965. — 333 p.
With the Collaboration of R.C. de S. Manukulasooriya.
Preface.
Traditional Sinhalese Arts.
The Field of the Dance.
Dance and Music in the Sinhalese Royal Court.
Digge Natuma, the Sacred Dance of the Devalaya.
The Kandyan Dance.
Dances and Plays of Amusement.
The Dance in the Cult of the Gods.
Tribal Dances.
Sinhalese Musical Instruments.
Kohomba Kankaria.
Kolam Natanawa: Kolam Dances.
Li-Keli, the Stick Dance.
Raban.
The Vadiga Patuna.
Giri Devi Natuma.
Rata Yakuma.
Daha-ata Sanniya.
Appendices.
✦ Subjects
Искусство и искусствоведение;Искусство танца;История танца
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