The nex 40 minutes was the really wierd bit. A man dressed up as a woman gave a demonstration of traditional face expressions used in the dance. They were mainly rolling of the eyes, then went on to facial grimaces and contortions, and one awful one where his bulging eyes, puffing and sucking up f the cheeks led me to believe he was about to vomit!
Then came the actual dance where the man dressed up as a woman performed with the heavily made up guy. They stood still, or at the most turned around on the same spot. The climax was to be the slicing off of the woman's breasts! To be followed by a surprising finish we were told. In the end the breasts weren't sliced off and the man dressed up as a whole man stuck her long hair into her mouth and ran off the stage screeching!
We were then invited on stage to have photos taken with the stars. Well, why not?! If that's what they want!
Most of the audience left after that. A few in the audience had been given tickets to stay on for an extra half hours special performance. So we stayed on, with only a couple of dozen other people and were treated to a dance my a young Indian girl, which was more like what we expected. This was followed by a display of a martial art form called Kalaripayattu. This was the best of the lot, with much banging of sticks, swirling metal rods, flashing knives and some contortionist action from 2 very athletic young men.
Again, an invite to have photos taken. We almost felt obliged to go up on stage because no one else seemed interested!
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