
Sri Lankan low country dance - the Devil Dance
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Dances in the low country are highly ceremonial. This form of dance is performed to quieten evil spirits which cause sickness and is, therefore, called ‘Devil Dance’.
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Dances in the low country are highly ceremonial. This form of dance is performed to quieten evil spirits which cause sickness and is, therefore, called ‘Devil Dance’.

Haryana·dance · music
The song and dance form -Banchari - that celebrates the love of Lord Krishna and Radha. The art form reportedly dates back to medieval age but due to lack of a documented history, not much is known about its origins or famous exponents.

Faridabad, Haryana·dance · festival
A young Banchari boy dances with visitors at the annual Surajkund Mela in Faridabad. This mela is organised by Haryana Government and all the SAARC countries take part in this event.

Haryana·festival · dance
A group of young Maharashtra's Lezim dancers parades through the annual Surajkund Mela in Faridabad. This mela is organised by Haryana Government and all the SAARC countries take part in this event.

Haryana·festival · dance
Visitor dance with folk Banchari dancers at the annual Surajkund Mela in Faridabad. This mela is organised by Haryana Government and all the SAARC countries take part in this event.

Haryana·festival · dance
A group of Banchari dancers entertain people at the annual Surajkund Mela in Faridabad. This mela is organised by Haryana Government and all the SAARC countries take part in this event.


Haryana·dance · monsoon
Folk dancers of Tamil Nadu perform Karagam or Karakattam dance form at Surajkund Mela in Haryana. Karakattam is an ancient folk dance of Tamil Nadu performed in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman.

Haryana·dance · festival
Folk Rajasthani dancers performing Kachchhi Ghodi dance at the annual Surajkund Mela in Haryana. See the two Rajasthani kids dancing in their Rajasthani attire. A foreigner enjoyes performance by the cute Rajasthani kids.

dance · sport
Tangkhul Naga folk dance at Tamchon Football Tournament 2018 in capital's Ambedkar Stadium. The troupe belongs to village Phalee of Ukhrul district, Manipur.

dance · school
Students of the Yamini Krishnamurthy are determined to carry the country's cultural heritage on their shoulders. Yamini started Bharatnatyam, which came out of the temples of south India, as a movement and it still continues.

dance
Kuchipudi is an Indian classical dance form of India entailing an art of storytelling under its umbrella of dance & drama.

dance
This dance form is performed by the Bhutia people to honour Yak, the animal Sikkim is mostly dependent on. This dance form depicts the lifestyle of the herdsmen of Sikkim.

dance
A group of young Odiya girls perform a tribal dance from Odisha at the annual Odisha Parba, organised by Odiya Society of Delhi.

dance · festival
A group of folk dancers from Odisha performs Pasu Nrtiya at annual Odisha Parba in Delhi. The Pasu Nritya or the Animal Mask Dance belongs to a majestic folk dance tradition of Orissa, particularly in the Ganjam district.

village · dance
Holi festival is very enthusiastically celebrated in rural Rajasthan. In Jalore district all men and women folk started dancing and singing Holi songs in Falgun month.

Tamil Nadu·dance
An Indian dance group curates Tandava, a divine dance performed in the honour of Shiva's grace at the Isha Yoga Centre's Mahashivratri celebrations in Coimbatore.

dance
Sanju is a dancer and his genre is popping and as seen he is a master of it. He rehearses every day at a parking lot in Delhi with his friends who just like Sanju love dancing from popping, locking, b-boying to krumping.

dance
To Celebrate Divine Night of Mahashivratri this is the offering to Shri Sadhguru by Daksha Sheth Dance Company.

Haryana·dance
A group of tribal women from Andhra Pradesh performs Dimsa dance during Surajkund festival in Faridabad, Haryana. Dhimsa, a tribal dance form, is performed by the Porja caste women.

dance · festival
The biggest feature of this festival is to present those folk arts which slowly ending. Folk songs and folk dances attract both national and international audience.

dance · festival
Locals from Bhavrani village join Rajasthani folk dancers to perform Dandiya Gair dance during Holi celebration. There is no age bar for this dance as you see kids, young boys and old men also perform Gair dance on the streets of Bhavrani.

dance · festival
Marwari women dance to the tunes of a dhol on the streets of a village in Bhavrani after the Holi celebration. Once done with the colourful and messy Holi celebration people dance to the tunes of traditional drums and songs.
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