kathak

From Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”).

kathak (countable and uncountable, plural kathaks)

1. One of the eight classical dance forms of India.
   • 2001 September 28, Kelly Kleiman, “Fight From the Inside”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     But the differences go beyond this: as the narrator explained, kathak grew up in the royal courts while bharatanatyam emerged from the temples.

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