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Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia II - Indian folk dances - Bardo Chham Arunchal Pradesh

A fascinating folk dance of Sherdukpens - a small community of West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh, Bardo Chham depicts the victory of good over evil. The dance has an interesting background. According to the local beliefs, forces - both good and evil, rule mankind. The folks believe that in one year, twelve different types of animals, representing evil forces, appear each month and get together. The sherdukpens mask themselves representing the different animals and dance to the accomp ...

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Nautch - Etymology

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Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia II - Indian folk dances - GOTI PUA ORISSA

The goti puas are boy dancers who dress up as girls. They are the students of the akhadas, or gymnasia, established by Ramachandradeva in Puri, in the periphery of the temple. As they were offshoots of the akhada system, goti puas also came to be known as akhada pilas - boys attached to akhadas. Another reason often given to justify the emergence of the goti pua system is that as a section of followers of the Vaishnava religion disapproved of dancing by women as a pretext for worship - they introd ...

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Circle dance - Sacred Circle Dance

Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia - Bihar

Bihar (बिहार in Devanagari) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. Its capital is Patna. Etymologically, the name Bihar derives from the Sanskrit Vihara which means abode. The Buddhist Vihara, which were the abode of the Buddhist monks, dotted the area in the ancient and medieval periods. To Bihar's north is the Kingdom of Nepal. On its other three sides Bihar is surrounded by the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh to the west, Jharkhand to the south and Wes ...

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Bihar - History

Bihar - Places to See

Bihar - Culture

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Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia - Arts and entertainment in India

Arts and entertainment in India have a rich and ancient history. Right from ancient times there has been a synthesis of indigenous and foreign influences that have shaped the course of the arts of India. Arts refer to paintings, architecture, literature, music, dance, languages and cinema. In early India, most of the arts were derived Vedic influences. After the birth of Jainism and Buddhism, arts flourished under the patronage of kings and emperors. The coming of Islam spawned a whole new era of Islamic architecture. Finally t ...

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Arts and entertainment in India - Major Events

Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia - Culture of India

The culture of India is one of the oldest cultures in the world. In modern India, there is remarkable cultural diversity throughout the country. The South, North, and Northeast have their own distinct cultures and almost every state has carved out its own cultural niche. In spite of the diversity, it's bound by a common a thread as one civilization perhaps because of its common history and transfer of age old knowledge in the geographies. Indian culture and religions had great impacts on South East Asia and this is evident in the lega ...

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Culture of India - Painting

Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia - Indian art

The vast scope of the art of India intertwines with the cultural history, religions and philosophies which place art production and patronage in social and cultural contexts. Indian art can be classified into specific periods each reflecting certain religious, political and cultural developments. Hinduism and Buddhism of the ancient period (300 BC- 1700 AD) Islamic ascendancy (712-1757 AD) The colonial period (1757-1947) Independence and the postcolonial period (Post-1947)Including:

Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia - Culture of Bangladesh

The Culture of Bangladesh has a unique cultural history, dating back more than 2500 years ago. The land, the rivers and the lives of the common people formulated a rich cultural heritage with marked differences from neighboring regions. The culture of Bangladesh, the rich cultural heritage of Bangladesh, has evolved over centuries, and the multidimensional cultural heritage of Bangladesh encompasses within itself the cultural diversity of several social groups of Bangladesh. The Culture of Bangladesh is a composite culture, wit ...

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Culture of Bangladesh - Weddings

Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia - Obeah

Obeah is a term used in the West Indies to refer to folk magic or sorcery. While the term may be used in a general sense, it is mainly used in reference to negative or black magic, and to religious practices derived from various West and Central African origins, such as Voodoo, Santeria and the Orisha faith. The word Obeah is also used in part, with any religious practicies such as Hindu puja and so. But in the islands (the Caribbean), the word Obeah is also associated with the Spiritual Baptist religion. Obeah is also related to anyt ...

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Obeah - Use in the Virgin Islands

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Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia - Music of the United Kingdom

Music from the United Kingdom has achieved great international popularity since the 1960s, when a wave of British musicians helped to popularize rock and roll. Since then, the UK has produced numerous popular performers in far-ranging fields from heavy metal to folk-rock and drum n bass, as well as undergoing a renaissance in the ancient forms of folk music indigenous to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Anguilla - Bermuda - Cayman Islands - Gibraltar - Montserrat - Turks and Caicos - Virgin Islands Mu ...

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Music of the United Kingdom - Folk music

Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia - Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. The name is a conflation of Bombay, the old name of Mumbai, and Hollywood, the center of the United States film industry. Though some purists deplore the name (arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood), it seems likely to persist and now has ...

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Indian folk dances: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Bangladesh - Music dance and drama

Music and dance style of Bangladesh may be divided into three categories, namely, the classical, folk and the modern. The classical style has been influenced by other prevalent classical forms of music and dances of the Indian subcontinent, and accordingly show some influences dance forms like Bharata Natyam and Kuchipudi. The folk and tribal music and dance forms of Bangladesh are of indigenous origin and rooted to the soil of Bangladesh. Several dancing styles, in vogue in the north-eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, like Monipuri and Santal dances, are also practiced in Bangladesh ...

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