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A Tamil Hindu girl (center) ... Nua-tuloni, and Santi Biya, is a traditional Assamese Hindu ceremony that marks the attainment of puberty in girls [5] [6] ...
A langa voni (also called "pavadai daavani" in Tamil or "laṅga davaṇi" in Kannada) is a traditional dress worn in South India by girls between puberty and marriage. [1] [2] It is also known as the two-piece sari or half sari. [3] Girls younger than this may wear it on special occasions.
Oyilattam, a traditional war dance where few men wearing ankle bells would stand in a line with pieces of colored cloth perform rhythmic steps to the accompanying music. [159] [160] [161] Paampu attam is a snake dance performed by young girls, who wear specifically designed costumes like a snake skin and emulate movements of a snake.
Paraiattam is a traditional dance that involves dancing while playing the parai, an ancient percussion instrument. [77] The instrument was one of the ancient native music instruments developed and used by the Tamil people as mentioned in literature such as Kuṟuntokai and Tirumurai. [78] [79] The player of the instrument is also the dancer. [80]
A girl performing a Bharatanatyam dance at a Pongal Festival in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India. A traditional Bharatanatyam arangetram dance performance follows a seven to eight-part order of presentation. This set is called Margam. [71] [78] Pushpanjali
It initiated a young girl into the Devadasi profession and was performed in the temple by a priest. In the Hindu tradition, [citation needed] marriage is viewed as the only religious initiation (diksha) permissible to women. Thus, the dedication was a symbolic "marriage" of the pubescent girl to the temple's deity.
The Parsi 'gara' is worn by Zoroastrian women in Gujarat in India and Sindh in Pakistan, it is worn similar to sidha pallu, it unique compared to traditional sari due to its Chinese style embroidery. Pin Kosuvam – this is the traditional Tamil Nadu style; Kodagu style – this drape is confined to ladies hailing from the Kodagu district of ...
It deals with social issues and conflict between traditional and modern, rich and poor. Domkach is performed in the bridegroom's house by women during a marriage ceremony. 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 ...