Top Five Social Networks

"Social networking" has been around forever. It's the simple act of expanding the number of people you know by meeting your friends' friends, their friends' friends and so on. In fact, many of us today use Twitter and Facebook to promote our existing and upcoming business
After observing and running an analysis some of Social Networking sites I have listed down 5 most popular social networks across countries in detail.

1.Facebook



founder: Mark Zuckerberg
To access Facebook.com, you must create an account on the site which is free. Facebook's terms of use state that members must be at least 13 years old with valid email ID’s. After updating you're details, your Facebook profile is generated. Using Facebook.com you can:

• Browse and join networks, which are organized into four categories: regions, colleges, workplaces and high schools.
  
• Pull contacts from a Web-based e-mail account, into Facebook.com.
  
• Find friends in several ways, including search engine to look for a specific person and lot more.
  
• Facebook has recently crossed 500 million users and is the most popular Social Networking site of the world.

2.MySpace founder: Tom Anderson, Chris DeWolfe In MySpace, your social network starts growing from the first day. When you join MySpace, the first step is to create a profile. You then, invite friends to join there and search for your friends on already profiled on MySpace these friends become your initial Friend Space. Once the friendship is confirmed all the people in your friends' Friend Space become part of your network. In that sense, everyone on MySpace is in your Extended Network. As part of terms of MySpace, the user must be at least 14 years old to register. 3.Twitter founder: Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone Twitter is a very simple service that is rapidly becoming one of the most talked-about social networking service providers. When you have a Twitter account, you can use the service to post and receive messages to a network of contacts, as opposed to send bulk email messages. You can build your network of contacts, and invite others to receive your Tweets, and can follow other members' posts. Twitter makes it easy to opt into or out of networks. Additionally, you can choose to stop following a specific person’s feed. 4.LinkedIn founder: Reid Hoffman, Konstantin Guericke, Allen Blue LinkedIn is an online social network for business professionals, which is designed specifically for professional networking, to help them find a job, discover sales leads, connect with potential business partners. Unlike most of the other social networks, LinkedIn does not focus on making friends or sharing media like photos, videos and music. To start using LinkedIn you need to register and create a profile page. To register to LinkedIn, you need to provide personal information. You can update the profile with your education and job details and a summary. Additionally, you can also give and receive recommendations from co-workers and bosses. There are more than 75 million professionals registered on LinkedIn. 5.Pinterest founder: Ben Silbermann
Pinterest is a social networking site with a visually-pleasing “virtual pinboard” interface. Users collect photos and link to products they love, creating their own pinboards and following the pinboards of other people whom they find interesting.

YAKSHAGANA

Yakshagana is a theatrical form of presenting Mythological and historical stories. A Yakshagana performance includes music, dance and dialogues.

Meaning and Origin of Yakshgana

The word Yakshgana means the songs of the Demi-Gods (yaksh ‘meaning Demi-God, and ‘gana’ meaning song). The performers wear interesting and colourful costumes, and elaborate headgears. The stage design and unique rendering is similar to that of the Western Opera.

It is believed to have originated in the coastal districts of Karnataka. The true representation of the poems enacted in these plays is attributed to have started during the Vaishnav Bhakti movement in the 11th century. In 13th century, a Sage named Narahari Thirtha started Dashavathara performance in Udupi, which later developed into the Yakshagana of today.
Performance

The Play:
The lively performance full of dance and drama has poetic songs sung by the chief musician known as the’ Bhagvata’ who controls the narrative. The play begins with a prelude called the “Sabhalakshana’ followed by the “Prasanga” The dialogues were traditionally impromptu, and were rendered by the actors with the flow of the song. As the dialogues are impromptu, no two performances of the same play will be identical.

Music:
The performance also includes background music played by a group of musicians known as “Himmela”. The background music consists of a mix of drums, pipes and organs. The prasangas or stories are mostly based on the Hindu epics such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana and the Puranas. Yakshaganas are also performed on significant events of the lives of historical legends. To lighten up the narrative humor is introduced in the performance by the antics of the clown called the” Hasyagar”. The mythological characters and various incarnations of Gods and Goddesses take the viewer in to a surreal world.

Characters:
In Yakshagana the men portray both male and female characters .The elaborate headgears are decorated differently for Kings and for the demons. The makeup of the demons is done to bring out their demonic character. The full ensemble of a Yakshagana consists of a minimum of 15 people, which include the musicians, the actors and the narrator.

Stage:
Traditionally the performances are staged in the open air over a period of dusk to dawn. It is originally staged in the compound of a temple where the “Rangasthalla” (stage) is adorned with leaves of mango and plantain, and flowers and coconut and coloured paper add to the festive look. There are about 30 professional troupes and about 200 amateur troupes performing this ancient art form. The performances are usually held during the months of November and May.

1.YAKSHAGAANA
A unique collection of full length yakshaganas of both old and new generation.

2.KANNADAAUDIO(.rm only)
Giving a lot of yakshaganas in ".rm" format compatible for computers

3.YAKSHAGANA.COM
A unique website providing information and audio gallery of yakshagana

4.SHRUTHI.HEJJE.COM
Listen to classical vintage yakshagana here

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