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dance · festival

A soulful Buddhist song with origins in chanting and oral traditions of Ladakh. The mask dance performance, locally known as 'chams', is the main attraction of this Buddhist festival.

music · dance

What is this Ladakhi music pipe called? This is not your typical Ladakhi music performance. Instruments like Dimjang, Linyu (flute), Damnyan (string instrument) Pivang, Khakong, (sitar) Daph (Dafli) are also facing the threat of extinction,…

dance · festival

Men at the back, women in front, this Ladakhi ensemble of singers gracefully step across the stage in slow motion, to the sounds of Ladakhi pipes and a slow drum beat. This is your typical Ladakhi dance.

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Men and women from Ladakh, in traditional attire and accompanied by string instruments, put up a performance in Delhi. Help us identify the Ladakh region they are from, and what this dance type is called!

dance · snow

Moods and colours of Ladakh sunrises and sunsets, each painting the sky in a tapestry of colours. Ladakh in Time lapse, with clouds and snow peaks dancing across a changing sky

Uttar Pradesh·festival · dance

Indians dancing and throwing colours on each other during Holi celebration at Shri Dwarikadheesh Ji Mandir in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

festival · temple

Indian revelers dancing and throwing colours on each other as they celebrate Holi at Radha Rani Temple in Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

festival · temple

Indian revelers dancing and throwing colours on each other as they celebrate Holi at Radha Rani Temple in Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

festival · temple

Indian revelers dancing and throwing colours on each other as they celebrate Holi at the Banke Bihari Temple in Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · temple

Indians dancing and throwing colours on each other during Holi celebration at Shri Dwarikadheesh Ji Mandir in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

festival · temple

Indian revelers dancing and throwing colours on each other as they celebrate Holi at Radha Rani Temple in Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

festival · temple

Indian revelers dancing and throwing colours on each other as they celebrate Holi at the Banke Bihari Temple in Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · dance

Indians dancing and throwing colours on each other during Holi celebration at Shri Dwarikadheesh Ji Mandir in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

festival · temple

Indian revelers dancing and throwing colours on each other as they celebrate Holi at Radha Rani Temple in Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · temple

The colourful town of Mathura plays with full zeal. A night before the full moon, crowds of people gather together and light huge bonfires to burn the residual dried leaves and twigs of the winter.

festival · temple

Devotees gather to play Holi with Lord Krishna at Banke Bihari Temple in Vrinadavan, India. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

festival · temple

Devotees gather to play Holi with Lord Krishna at Banke Bihari Temple in Vrinadavan, India. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

Rajasthan·festival · dance

India is a country of festivals and celebration. There is a festival for every religion, region, and tribe and at every juncture of the year.

Rajasthan·river · dance

A 13 piece Indian orchestra stood tall in Varah Ghat chowk for the for merrymaking before the Holika dehen (Holi bonfire). The organising committee honours the orchestra by putting a flower garland around their necks.

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Rajasthani men celebrate Holi as they perform Gair Dance to folk tunes in Bhavrani, Rajasthan during the Festival of Holi.

dance · village

Veiled women of the palace dance to the beats of traditional Rajasthani music on the occasion of Holi at Bhavrani village in Jalore, Rajasthan. Loor dance a Rajasthani dance starts a month before Holi and ends with Holika's destruction.

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The whole of India gets immersed in the celebratory fever, just a few weeks or days before the festival. The markets wear a vibrant look with various shops selling colours and delicious sweets like the gujiyas, rasgulla, malpua and so on.

dance · festival

Women dance in a palace of Bhavrani, a village in Jalore, Rajasthan. Hindus across India this week celebrate the two-day festival of Holi, which marks the beginning of spring, with an explosion of colours, chanting of devotional songs and p…