Dance of Rajasthan
The Thar Desert of Rajasthan comes alive when its dancers take the center
stage. Rajasthan has great variety of dances, which are simple expressions
of celebration and festivity.
The dancers, the dances and costumes have made Thar the most colorful desert
in the world. Each region adding its own form of dance styles and performers.
There are dances that follows a lineage of age old traditions, adhere to
religious significance, display their daring attitude as well as complimenting
various fairs and festivals.
Ghoomar, a community dance for women performed on auspicious occasions.
Gair Ghoomar, Raika, Jhoria and Gauri are particularly of Bhil tribe.
Gair is performed on Holi but only by the men folk. Chari dance, with pots
on the head and a lighted lamp, is popularly performed on marriage occasions
or on the birth of a male child.
Kalbelia dance is of the kalbelia tribe, the snake charmers. With numerous
pots on the head, women excel the balancing act in the Matka-bhawai.
Terah taali, is a ritual for Baba Ramdev, a dance with thirteen manjiras.
Other dances are Kachhi-Ghodi, Kathputli (the puppet dance), Fire dance,
drum dance and various others pertaining to the particular tribes.
Kathhak, a popular dance form being imported from Uttar Pradesh have been
revived by the rajputana courts, with a style and theme of its own.
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