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Traditional Odissi exists in two major styles, the first perfected by women and focussed on solemn, spiritual temple dance ; the second perfected by boys dressed as girls [18] which diversified to include athletic and acrobatic moves, and were performed from festive occasions in temples to general folksy entertainment. [6]
While ragas in Hindustani music are divided into thaats, ragas in Carnatic music are divided into melakartas. A raga (IAST: rāga, IPA:; also raaga or ragam or raag; lit. ' colouring ' or ' tingeing ' or ' dyeing ' [1] [2]) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode. [3]
Loor, which means girl in bangar area of Haryana, is performed in the form of questions and answers format by the girls in traditional haryanvi attire in the month of phalguna (spring) during the Holi festival to marks the arrival of pleasant spring season and sowing of the rabi crops. [10]
Raga in Indian classical music is intimately related to tala or guidance about "division of time", with each unit called a matra (beat, and duration between beats). [73] A raga is not a tune, because the same raga can yield a very large number of tunes. [77] A raga is not a scale, because many ragas can be based on the same scale.
The rhythmic organization is based on rhythmic patterns called tala. The melodic foundations are called ragas. One possible classification of ragas is into "melodic modes" or "parent scales", known as thaats, under which most ragas can be classified based on the notes they use. Thaats may consist of up to seven scale degrees, or swara.
They performed at folk, qawwali, gurbani, melas at Sufi spaces in that period. Traditional lore, such as Heer Ranjha in the Bhairavi raga, were performed musically. Ragadari (raga) was evoked and employed by the Punjabi Mirasi, even if they lacked the precise technical knowledge of it. Female mirasi performers were known as "mirasans". The ...
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Women dance too as groups, such as in the Manipuri dance called Mandilla cholom, and these usually go with devotional songs and playing colorful tassels-string tied cymbals where one side represents Krishna and the other Radha. [52] Shaiva (tandava) dances are choreographed as Duff cholom and Dhol cholom. [52]