Rajasthani Dance
Fire Dance
Dances
We present you with the most popular of the various styles of dances in Rajasthan.
Bhavai: It is the conventional folk dance of Rajasthan and is one of the nail biting, thrilling dances of the state. It is performed with enormous skill and rotating even while maintaining a fine harmonizing act and poising many articles and items on one's head. This is most fascinating dance to watch and heart start beating quickly as we watch this rare endeavor. This style of dancing is more parallel to acrobatics which is set on tempo of the music. Women dancers' makes stability on seven or nine brass mound on their heads and dance skillfully, the most wonderful and thrilling part of this dance is that while dancing their feet are set on top of a glass or on the edge of a sword. Their every movement keeps the audience in anxiety. This traditional folk dance is successful to attract the large number of tourist.
Drum Dance: This type of dance-form is performed in Jalore region of Rajasthan. This is professional one where only the male participants can perform it. In this dance, five men hammer huge drums that are tied around their necks and make the performers similar to the warriors of Rajasthan when it comes to gallantry and chivalry. The main performers put a bare sword in their mouths and juggle three other swords to the beat of the drums. There is no doubt this kind of magnificent performance is from a martial race. This style of dance is also performed in other parts of India with some variations that make it important part of India tourism.
Fire Dance: The Fire Dance of Bikaner and Chum are the examples of Jasnathis`s life style.These traditional dances can be seen only in late nights to enjoy maximum.
It is suprisngly to see that sizzling sands of Thar make the people here resistant to burning from fire as Jasnaiths of Bikaner and Churu performs on a large bed of shimmering coals and they show immense energy till the dancers appear to be in a near-hypnotic state. A devout devotional performance, the rhythmic choreography certainly does not end up in blisters on the dancers' feet. Generally performed late on a winter's night, it takes a lot of faith to witness it too.
Chari: Rajasthan is home town of dances one of the form is Chari dance in which dancers carry a lit brass pot on their heads and showcase a ideal blending of patience, balance, and elasticity. These performers move effortlessly on the floor and perform in amazing way and do not seem conscious at all of a potential danger of being burnt which surprise the tourists and really appreciated by them.
Gair: At the time of Holi a Bhil tribal used to perform this form of dance initially and is performed by both men and women. There are many variations of this dance form like Dandia Gair of the Marwar region and Geendad of the Shekhawati region and quite similar to Garba of Gujarat. The men in long, pleated tunics opening out into full-length skirts as they move first in clockwise then in anti-clockwise movements and beat their sticks to create the rhythm when they turn. The tourist who visit this state become the fan of Rajasthani folk dance.
Ghoomar Dance
Ghoomar: The folk dance has given a new identity to Rajasthan tourism. This form of dance form is mainly performed by Rajput women on all the fortunate occasions. Ghoomar dance conveys the spirit of any divine or religious ceremony though its simple and graceful swaying movements. This is no age bar dance as all the old and young women dance together, sometimes for many hours and it is traditional that a newly wedded bride has to perform this dance form ghoomar as one of the norms of the marriage.
Kathak: Jaipur gharana is as famous as Lucknow gharana of Kathak (a former royal Indian classical dance mainly used to tell tales along with dancing). Known for the indefinite number of rounds, its performances are currently on a decline, today.
Kathputli: Kathputli means puppet, puppet dance of Rajasthan is world-famous. A popular traveling form of entertainment in which the puppeteer sings ballads behind the stage to narrate the story through puppets which are controlled by a string that passes above of puppets and show there skills by making puppets dance. This dance form is very old around thousand years ago. These puppets are used to create awareness among people of remote areas through there play.
Sapera Dance: This is also one of the famous dance forms in Rajasthan. the women participants of Kalbeliya snake charmers wear long, black skirts embellished with silver ribbons. Amazing thing is that they spin in circle and moves their bodies gymnastically which surprises the tourist and made them think if they are made of rubber. This sapera dance is very energetic and require lots of stamina, they paces their movements very well.
Kachhi Ghodi: The name Kachhi means duplicate or weak in respect of real and Ghodi means horse. This dance originated in the crook regions of Shekhawati, where dancer's perfoms this style of dance after wearing highly prepared costumes that gives an intuition as if they are riding on dummy horses. This is an energetic dance form in which participants using swords for mock-fights with handy sidestepping.
Terah Taali: This devotional dance is conventional in the Kamad community of Pokhran and Deedwana, in the admiration of their folk idol, Baba Ramdeo. Women sit on the floor before his image, with thirteen cymbals tied to the various parts of their body. They strike these choreographically with the ones in their hand performing various arabesques. Occasionally, they also balance pots on their heads and hold a sword in their mouths to add to the theatrical effect of the performance.
