When the folks assemble together and dance in joy, it is know as folk dance . it is usually performed during religious festival and social gatherings. It is the main form of entertainment of villagers in villages. As it is connected with natural beauty, it is simple, vigorous and brings out the inner happiness. Among these folk arts , folk dances enjoy the forest position as it is satisfying to the human eye , ears and the mind .
The main factor for the creation of dance is love, battle and religion. Whether it is classical dance or folk dance ,India is a wide country with a variety of culture, dress and food. So we have a verity of folk dance music and costumes. , they sing and beat the drums and inspired by this hypnotic music . some of the folk dances of India are Ras-garba- Gujarat, Bhagra-Punjab, lavni and koli-maharastra, Kummi and kollattam- Tamil- nadu, kaikotikali- kerala, Ghumar -Rajasthan, bamboo dance-Assam
Each state has different percussion instruments and very different rhythms and costumes,
And folk dance.
We have batches of duration in a one year up to seven year in a classical dance and the folk dance batches of duration in one month up one year
The students are divided according to their ages into adult, youth and child groups. |