Njengomthandi wayo yonke into engaqhelekanga kwaye, ngakumbi, inkcubeko yamaIndiya, andinakukunceda ukuphakamisa amashiya am xa ndabona ukuba kathakali, owona mngqungqo udumileyo weqonga kumazantsi elizwe lekhari, walungisa imveliso njengeSpanish njengoko enjalo UDon Quixote wethu nguMiguel de Cervantes.
Emelwe kwidolophu yaseAlmagro, eCiudad Real, ngenyanga kaJulayi, u-Kijote Kathakali ujoyina iNtshona neMpuma, amatye okusila nemithi yesundu, iCervantes neIndiya.
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Kwibala lezemidlalo eKerala, ilizwe elisemazantsi (kunye neyona ndawo ishushu) eIndiya, umdlali weqonga osongele izithambiso kunye nentsimbi yobucwebecwebe kumculo oyimfihlakalo, esenza ipuja (okanye enikela) koothixo ngexesha lomdlalo weqonga owawuzele ngumdaniso. phantse njengesiko.
UKathakali ngumboniso owaziwayo kancinci eNtshona oqukethe ukumelwa kwamabali akudala enkcubeko yaseKerala. ngokusebenzisa abadlali abamele ibali besebenzisa ulwimi lomzimba olusekwe kumatra (ukunyakaza kwesandla) okanye i-nrta (amanyathelo okudanisa). Okwangoku, umbalisi ubalisa ibali eMalayam kwaye umculo ubambe ukumelwa okungaqhelekanga. Iziphumo ezitsala umbutho omde kwaye, ngakumbi, iiyure kunye neeyure zokuthambisa abajamelene nazo abadlali ngokuzinikela ngokupheleleyo.
Ubugcisa iqhume kwidolophu yaseAlmagro kweli hlobo, apho umnyhadala wayo odumileyo weClassical Theatre uzimanye neCasa de la India kunye neNkampani yaseMargi Kathakali yaseTrivandrum (Kerala) ukuzisa ababukeli ukuphinda benziwe uDon Quixote ethathe ithuba kwinkulungwane yesine yeCervantes kunye nokubhiyozela uNyaka weIndiya kwilizwe lethu.
Kwimizuzu engama-90, amanqaku abadlali bezinto zokuhombisa abakhwele ehashe kwaye balwa amatye okusila ngaphandle kokuyeka ukunxiba amaIndiya, umdlali weqonga uNelliyodu Vasudevan inguye yedwa oye wancama ukwenza umbulelo kwindima yeAlonso Quixote ukusuka apha naphaya, njengeSpanish njengeyendalo iphela.
Umdlalo u-Kijote Kathakali ibilusizi olukhulu kwiAlmagro Classical Theatre Festival nakwiintsuku zemidlalo yeqonga kwizixeko ezinje ngeMadrid okanye iValladolid kwiintsuku nje ezidlulileyo.