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'''Paampu attam''' (snake dance) ([[tamil language|Tamil]]:பாம்பு ஆட்டம்) is a folk dance from [[Tamil country]], [[India]].<ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/tamilnadu/music-and-dance/snake-dance.html Snake Dance<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622055121/http://www.mapsofindia.com/tamilnadu/music-and-dance/snake-dance.html |date=2011-06-22 }}</ref> Snakes considered as the protecting divinity which safeguards the health and prosperity. Snakes are also related to the Hindu deity [[Murugan]]. Usually girls perform this dance with a [[snake skin]]-like costume.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.carnatica.net/special/folkdances.htm | title=Folk dances of Tamil Nadu | publisher=Carnatica | accessdate=16 August 2020 }}</ref> The performer simulates snake movements, writhing, creeping and making quick biting movements with the head and hands. The hands are also held together to look like the hood of a [[cobra]].<br />
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In the classical dance form [[Bharata Natyam]] the snake dance is performed in a manner similar to the old folk dance.{{fact|date=August 2020}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkj2-7181Kw Paampu attam or Snake dance]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf4dSysBxZo Snake dance movements in Bharathanatyam]<br />
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