
Krishna Janmashtami cultural dance at Yogmaya Temple, Mehrauli, in Delhi
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A traditional dance performance takes place during the Sreekrishna Janmashtami celebrations at Yogmaya Temple.
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Kachari women performing an old wedding dance at the Hornbill festival. In this dance the young women swing their bodies with the music and beats created by local instruments including drums. In this dance, the young ladies tease and play with the bride. Shyam Basumatary, a viewer, advises us that: "This particular Bodo (Kachari, Mech) dance is also called "Daosri Delai." Daosri is a kind of bird and delai means attiring oneself. It is a bird dance, usually performed during wedding ceremony." Mech tribe is one of the scheduled tribes of India and belong to Kachari group of tribes. They belong to Mongoloid race and speak mainly Bodo language, which is a Tibeto-Burman dialect but have got influenced by the Assamese language.The Mech people live in the Dooars region of West Bengal and large n
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