This is a stick dance and a very popular dance in Andhra Pradesh. The dance form originated in the Seventh century. This dance form has various names, in various regions of India. In Andhra Pradesh, this dance is called KolKollannalu, Kolattam, and Kolannalu.

In the early days the dance was performed by women only, gradually changes occurred in this dance and now the dance was performed by both males and females. Generally, this art form is performed during village festivals. The dance is a combination of rhythmic movements, songs, and music.

The dance is performed by 8 to 40 artists as a group and each two artists are grouped as a pair. Each one holds the two sticks and moves the sticks according to their leader’s movements. The leader means a person who handles the whole performance of the group. Actually, there are two circles formed before the dance performance, one group is around the inner circle and another one is around the outer circle. The circles move in opposite directions by following the rhythmic dance and hit the sticks from two circle artists with rhythmic sounds.