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Fugdi is a folk dance performed by the womenfolk of some communities of Konkanies in the Konkan coastal region of Goa and Maharashtra states during the Hindu religious festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi and Vrata or towards the end of other dances like Dhalo. According to certain historical facts, this dance style is said to have been created from ...
The plains are broadly divided into six subdivisions–Kutch and Kathiawar along with the Gujarat Plains in the north, Konkan Coast and Canara in the center, and Malabar in the south. Due to the presence of Western Ghats, which blocks the rain-bearing winds, the region from the south of Gujarat experiences heavy rainfall during the monsoons .
Gaarudi-Gombe means "magical puppet" in Kannada. The dance is performed during major festivals and in the procession held during the Mysore Dasara, and is known as Tattiraya in the coastal regions. Tattiraya means "someone carrying a doll made of bamboo sticks". [5] The dance features masks, puppets and colourful regional costumes.
Coastal India spans from the Gulf of Kutch in its westernmost corner and stretches across the Gulf of Khambhat, and southwards through Konkan and Kanara region and further down along the Malabar through Cape Comorin in the southernmost region of mainland India forming the Western coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. and runs further from Cape Comorin towards north east through ...
Coastal South West India spans across the entire Arabian Sea coastline of the Indian subcontinent from the coastline of the Gulf of Kutch in its westernmost corner and stretches across the Gulf of Khambhat, and through the Salsette Island and Mumbai along the Konkan and southwards across the Raigad region and through Kanara and further down through Mangaluru and along the Malabar unto the ...
The Malabar Coast is the southwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. It generally refers to the western coastline of India stretching from Konkan to Kanyakumari . Geographically, it comprises one of the wettest regions of the subcontinent, which includes the Kanara region of Karnataka , all of Kerala and Kanyakumari region of Tamil Nadu .
Currently, Tulu Nadu consists of the Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and the Manjeshwaram taluk of Kerala. [7] The Uttara Kannada district in general is considered to be the southernmost part of the Konkan coast. [8] Specifically, the littoral region north of the Gangavalli River is traditionally included in the Konkan. [9]
The Yakshagana is a night-long dance and drama performance practiced in Mangalore. [2] [15] The Pilivesha (Tiger dance) is a folk dance unique to this area, which is performed during Dasara and Krishna Janmashtami. [16] Karadi Vesha (Bear Dance) is performed during Dasara in Mangalore. [5] Bhuta Kola or spirit worship, is practised here.