music

music · village

A musical performance by folk artists of India. They use traditional musical instruments like chimta, been, bansuri or flute, ektara or gopichand and damru, etc. India has a very rich and varied tradition of folk music.

music · hills

Chakhesang Naga performing at the Hornbill Fest -2013. The male members of the village enjoy singing and pulling the big log drum during the Fest .

dance · music

Sangeeta Majumdar performs Kathak during a musical festival in the honour of Ustaad Hashmat Ali Khan in Delhi.

dance · music

Sangeeta Majumdar performs Kathak during a musical festival in the honour of Ustaad Hashmat Ali Khan in Delhi.

dance · festival

Rongmei Naga dance troupe from Manipur dancing a folk dance during Chapchar Kut festival in Mizoram. The Rongmei(Ruangmei), are an indigenous Naga tribe living in the states of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland in North-East India.

Arunachal Pradesh·music · river

Girls dance to a modern Galo song during Panyor River Festival, Yazali village in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Viewer Gotum Doke tells us that the girls are wearing a local dress called "Galv" in Galo Language.

music · dance

Archita and Doly dancing on a famous Assamese song composed by famous Bishnu Prasad Rabha during the third edition of Northeast festival at IGNCA ground in Delhi.

dance · festival

Narayana Nrityalaya presents stick martial arts dance of Manipur during the third edition of Northeast festival at IGNCA ground in Delhi.

dance · music

The most popular folk dance of Assam 'Jhumur' perform by tea garden workers and while men are playing dhol and manziras....... Assam’s tea workers are known for their hard work. Day after day, they work plucking nascent tea leaves.

dance · festival

Manipuri dancers performing Dhol Cholom dance form during the Orange Festival in Tamenglong district in Manipur, India. Dhol Cholom is a renowned dance form of the North East Indian state of Manipur.

dance · festival

Burmese dancer from Myanmar performs 'Ta Bin Taing' or Traditional Solo dance during Sangai festival in Manipur. Myanmar has a culture of great tradition that goes back more or less 15 centuries.

dance · music

Mujra is a form of dance originated by tawaif (courtesans) during the Mughal era which incorporated elements of the native classical Kathak dance onto music such as thumris and ghazals or poems of those from other Mughal cultures such as Ba…

dance · music

Mujra is a form of dance originated by tawaif (courtesans) during the Mughal era which incorporated elements of the native classical Kathak dance onto music such as thumris and ghazals or poems of those from other Mughal cultures such as Ba…

Haryana·festival · crafts

Indian Classical dancers performing Bharatnatyam on a devotional song ' Shiv Shankar' during Surajkund International Crafts Mela in faridabad.

dance · music

Women wearing their traditional full attire and performing Jabro dance of Ladakh. They perform simple movement that goes along with the beats of drum and sound of flute that are played by men.

dance · festival

The artists of Jammu & Kashmir created a history today by making it to the Ist International Folk Dance and Music Festival, organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India at Kamani Audi…

dance · music

Indian dancers perform Rajasthani folk dance 'Chakri dance' at National Museum of Modern Art during Commonwealth Games 2010 in India. As the name resembles, Chakri, means ‘Chakkar’ (Circle) rotation in Hindi lang.

dance · music

Avishkar Group from Gujarat performs Dandiya Raas dance during the 3rd International Dance and Music Festival organise by ICCR in Delhi.

dance · music

Folk dancers of Gujarat perform Tippani folk dance at 3rd International folk dance and Music festival, organised by ICCR in Delhi. Tippani dance is one of the popular folk dances of Gujarat state of India.

dance · music

An Indian Classical dancer Shagun Bhutani performs Odissi dance form at the annual Khajuraho Dance Festival in Madhya Pradesh, organised by Khajuraho Festival of Dances is celebrated at a time when the hardness of winter begins to fade and…

dance · music

An Indian Classical dancer Shagun Bhutani performs Odissi dance form at the annual Khajuraho Dance Festival in Madhya Pradesh, organised by Khajuraho Festival of Dances is celebrated at a time when the hardness of winter begins to fade and…

dance · music

An Indian Classical dancer Shagun Bhutani performs Odissi dance form at the annual Khajuraho Dance Festival in Madhya Pradesh, organised by Khajuraho Festival of Dances is celebrated at a time when the hardness of winter begins to fade and…

dance · music

A group of young folk dancers from Karnataka dance on a double meaning song 'Roti Bissi'.