Kolata
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Kolata is the traditional folk dance of the state of Karnataka, located in Southern India on the western coast. Similar to its North Indian counterpart Dandiya Ras, it is performed with coloured sticks and usually involves both men and women dancing together.
It also is a family name with its roots in Eastern Germany and Poland. People with this family name are for example the writer Gina Kolata, the artist Jan Kolata[1] and the writer Katharina Kolata-Gerlach[2].