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English: The video is a film on the folk dances of Jharkhand. The film is directed by Aloke Banerjee and Jaydip Mukherjee. The video contains interviews which are conducted in Hindi. The commentary is in English. Jharkhand is a culturally rich and multi-ethnic state in India.
Mardani Jhumar( also Mardana Jhumar) is a Nagpuri folk dance performed by men in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is performed after harvest in fair. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Men wear ghongroo , hold sword, shield and dance in a circle by holding each other's hand.
Jhumair is one of the major folk forms of Jharkhand and shares a lot with the jhumair forms of the Purulia and the Bankura districts of West Bengal and also some of the neighbouring states of Bihar. Jhumair is typically a folk performance, performed to the accompaniment of traditional instruments like Mandar and Nagara .
Janani Jhumar also Janani Jhumair [1] is a Nagpuri folk dance of the Chota Nagpur Plateau region of Jharkhand. It is a women centric dance. The music of instruments used, such as mandar, dhol and bansi. [2] The women hold each other's hand, form a linear line and dance in a circle. The dance movements have feminine grace.
The word Jhumar derived from Jhum (Shifting cultivation), which is a regional name of the primitive way of cultivation by aboriginals in eastern India and Bangladesh.In earlier period, it was a form of shouting (locally known as Hawka/ Hanka) by working women in the form of short lines describing their emotions in the agriculture field.
There are various folk dance in the state of Jharkhand which are performed during harvest season, festival and social gatherings. Some folk and tribal dances in Jharkhand are Jhumair, Mardana Jhumair, Janani Jhumair, Domkach, Lahasua, Jhumta, Fagua, Paika, Chhau, Firkal, Mundari and Santali. [1] [2] [3] Documentary videos of some folk dance of ...
Jhumair or Jhumar is an Indian folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is folk dance of ...
In 1985, he established an organisation "Kunjban" to promote Nagpuri culture. Kunjban promotes Nagpuri culture, especially Nagpuri Jhumar. [1] He also worked in many nagpuri films. His first nagpuri film was Sona Kar Nagpur produced and directed by Dhananjay Nath Tiwary produced in 1992 and released in 1994. [10]