Welcome to Silambam’s Digital Treasure Hunt!

This summer, go on a scavenger hunt through Treasure Terrain! Explore characters from the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. Learn about gestures and motifs used in Indian classical dance. Find fun activity sheets and interesting tidbits!
The path will lead you to one of our ‘Storytime With Silambam’ videos, which features one or more of the characters from our newest dance theater production, “Chakravyuh: Battle Against The Odds”, premiering at the Miller Outdoor Theater on August 13, 2021!


Digital Treasure Hunt 3 - July 27, 2021




Visit our DTH homepage to find a new treasure hunt each week,
or click here to be added to our mailing list,
or subscribe to us on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter or Facebook !


Credits

Script, Cast, Narration: Crystal Tennyson and Ramya Dharmendran
Choreography: Ramya Dharmendran
Audio Editing: Meghna Yennu
Video Editing: Ramya Dharmendran, Aarushi Lakhi, Crystal Tennyson
Lighting: Crystal Tennyson
Camerawoman: Saronsri Senthamilselvan
Crew: Kaavya Rajarathnam, Ramya Dharmendran, Aarushi Lakhi, Meghna Yennu
Direction: Anjali Kadur and Gayathri Sampathkumar

The Digital Treasure Hunt project and Storytime With Silambam videos are funded in part by a Let Creativity Happen! grant from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.

launch1

.

riddle3

.

Enjoy these fun activities!

ColoringSheet

Wordsearch

What are hastams?

Indian classical dance uses gestures of the hands to represent various objects, concepts, and even emotions! These hand gestures are called 'hastams' or 'mudras' and they are part of the basic vocabulary of every Indian classical dancer.

See the hastams used to depict a bow and arrow, a mustache, and friendship, in this video!

Click here to see a video on some of the hastams used in this treasure hunt!

quotes3

.

What is a sanchari?

A sanchari is an elaboration of a lyric told with deeper meaning. It is often seen in the varnam or the centerpiece of a Bharatanatyam recital, but can also be seen in other pieces. The dancer will enact a sanchari or a story that relays a broader understanding of the lyrics.

In today’s sanchari, a loyal hero walks knowingly into danger for the sake of his friend, by promising to fight alongside him in the upcoming war. Our hero is approached by his long-lost mother, and finds out that he would be fighting against his own brothers. He tells his mother that his friendship and loyalty bind him to fight against her other sons, but he promises her that he will not kill them. With this promise, he seals his own fate, out of love to his dear friend - and his duty to his estranged family.

Click here to see this sanchari!

Explore the character profiles of Karna and Duryodhana!

Karna

Duryodhana

.

Congratulations!

We hope you enjoyed your journey through Treasure Terrain! By now, you might have guessed that this Digital Treasure Hunt is all about the charioteer's son, Karna, and his friend Duryodhana, the crown prince of Hastinapura.

Enjoy the Storytime With Silambam video below, then go to Feedback Forest to tell us what you thought of this Digital Treasure Hunt!

Click here to see this Storytime With Silambam video on Karna and Duryodhana and their steadfast and loyal friendship!

Tell us what you think!

Click here