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The predominantly male performers in Kerala and parts of neighbouring Karnataka embody deities through elaborate costumes, face paint, and trance-like dances, mime and music.

In October, the couple released their first original rap song, “Vibe Out”; Natalie dances in the music video.

The fluffy dresses and elaborate dances are about romanticizing a dehumanizing view of women, in which they are male property, whose only value is in being a sex object.

As Tamate dances to express the emotional weight of the situation, two observers offer a somberly beautiful rendition of “There Is No Other Way.”

"I said no to Strictly a few times because it was completely unknown in terms of standard and what the dances were because I couldn't even go and watch it."