NATAPPU (WALKINGSTYLE) Yesterday I had added a QA about walking in mycultural QA number 10. I thought at that time itself to write more on walkingby humans and by some animals. Standing erect and walking is possible for veryfew animals like chimpanzees, bears etc. However in circus we can see elephantsmade to walk by training on two legs but not in rectangle with earth.
Now abolished in India, the channel F TV an adult channel, at onetime had mostly showing walking parade. Even among humans, there is difference in style ofwalking between different countries. And even in the same country, there arestyles in walking. A person walking in parade has a different style. There isdifference in walking between a doctor and teacher. A police man and a militaryman. A student and a youngster. Thoughbeautiful, there is difference between walking among kids. I recollect an occasion in Badai bungalvu program in AsianetTV Channel, where Actor Suraj Venjaramood imitating the walking of different actors. Let me continue with different types ofwalking observed by me or generally seen. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 14-3-2021. 1 Aana Nata (Walkinglike elephant) Aana nata is told about teenage girls walking justlike the hind legs movements of an elephant. In fact a male is found makingaananata is looked with fun. Earlier days men dressing like young women in dramas wereappreciated, just for the drama. Afterwards they would not walk like that. I had a school mate girl, walking like that, and atdefinite intervals looking back to ensure any boy admiring her. I am not sureany elephants look back to see it’s walking style. If at all because of It’sbig stomach it could not see the hind legs. Walking like annam (swan) is also consideredbeautiful. I have read elsewhere Sita in Ramayana used to walk like swan. 2. Rolling (Urunduvarika) A stout man without more height would appear asrolling while walking. Sarcastically, it is common to say while such personsare expected and getting late- Urunudu varandayo? (He has to roll and come) 3 Majestic walk Majestic walk meant a person walking like a king. Now too kingsare there. Their entire movement has proudness. They have separate style. I recollect the president’s style for coming formorning breakfast and Manju varrier getting fainted seeing the formalities, inthe film How old areyou? 4. Somnambulism(walking in sleep) I have not seen a person walking in sleep except in films.They walk without aim and directions, eyes almost closed. 5. Slowwalking. Generally people with less height can walk slow onlycomparing with others. But there aremany with good height also who walk slowly. Most women irrespective of age walkslowly. Some exception can be the physical workers. I am not sure in Kerala, inTamilnadu, women workers are paid less in construction works, paddy field worksetc., since their output is less. 6. Speedwalking In contrast some men walk only with speed. They wouldwalk some distance, wait for others, if they are going in a group. 7. Kidswalk Kids walk/run without any directions. Even in straightroad many walk in haphazard manner like kids. 9 Looking Except in parades most people though walking straight,they would look to sides and back. Probably this nature has come from animatequalities to men. Practically it is impossible to walk for a person withoutlooking to sides and back. 10 Parallelwalking If three people are walking together, one can see allthe three walk in parallelthan one behind another unless decorum is there. An assistant cannot walk inparallel with Land owner. A subordinate officer would not walk along withofficer, unless desired by the officer. Other way he would walk behind. 11 Other walks There are many other types of walk like thieves walk whereattention would be in many things surrounding. A carpenter walk would be indirectly directed toplaces where carpenter work is required. A mason would be looking in to masonryworks. A teacher would walk calm and composed mostly withsmile. A learnt person would have his own proud in all walks of life. Some haspride also. There are styles in the appearance of politicians, andtheir walking. Especially all the nurses have a style of walking in hospitals.Lady teachers always walk with smile and chitchatting. It is very difficult tofind a lady teacher serious and walking alone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/993717527.523635.1615706659140%40mail.yahoo.com.
