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		yes_really on April 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Deve... Was the dance a religious ceremony reserved for Brahmins? Seems sensible to honor that tradition if that is the case.

reactspa on April 15, 2022 [–]

It might have been in the past.

It was just Bharat Natyam. A commonly taught classical dance form of India. But this performance hall denied her request to perform it because she wasn't a Brahmin.

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