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Performer at a Kannur district school dance festival, 2009. Mohiniyattam is an Indian classical dance form originating from the state of Kerala. [1] [2] The dance gets its name from Mohini – the female enchantress avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu, who helps the devas prevail over the asuras using her feminine charm.
Kamsale (folk dance of Karnataka) Kathak (Uttar Pradesh, Classical Indian Dance) Kathakali (Kerala, India, Incorporates dance) Kerala Natanam (Indian Dance created by Guru Gopinath) Krishnanattam; Kuchipudi (Classical Indian Dance, Andhra Pradesh) Kolattam (folk Tamil Nadu) Koli Dance (Folk Maharashtra) Karakattam (folk Tamil Nadu) Kanyarkali ...
Kajari is a folk song and dance form from Bhojpuri region of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. [1] It is of the Hindustani classical music genre, performed during the rainy season usually late June to September when lush greenery reappears and agricultural labor begins again. [1] Kajari derives from word kaajar or kohl.
Phagua is a dance and also a type of folk song performed during Holi. Jat-Jatin is the most popular folk dance of North Bihar, especially in the Mithila. It is performed by a man and a woman; the man is going far away to work. The dance reflects poverty and sorrow. Jhijhiya is sung and danced during Durga Puja in the Mithila region. Folks dance ...
Mayilattam is an artistic and religious form of dance performed in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in reverence to Murugan, a regional form of the Hindu deity Kartikeya. Literally translating as the "peacock dance", [ 1 ] the performers seat themselves upon a peacock replica, which is the mount of the deity.
Puli kali (Meaning: Tiger Dance) is a recreational folk art from the state of Kerala, India. [1] It is performed by trained artists to entertain people on the occasion of Onam, an annual harvest festival, celebrated mainly in the Indian state of Kerala. [2]
Kummattikali or Kummatti Kali is the famous colorful mask-dance of Kerala, prevalent in Thrissur District, Palakkad District and parts of South Malabar. During the festival of Onam, Kummattikali performers move from house to house collecting small gifts and entertaining people. Kummatti dances are rampant in the Thrissur district during Onam.
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 ...