"The object of this pantomime is a form of magical transformation...Kathakali is at once ritual as well as drama...It remains modern and at the same time ritualistic in its abstract characterization, in its concentration on the visuals, and in its belief in magical transformation."
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In Washington Post under the title “The Exotic Dance Drama of India”, quoted in p. 7
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