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Dance
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
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