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VOL. 8 No. 4

NOW SEE THE NORTH Pandav Nritya
Pandav Nritya is a part of the folklore of Garhwal This dance
Giddha is nothing but a simple story of Mahabharata in the form of
dance and music.
Women of Punjab have a diff erent
Richa Kumar, Std. 9, Pine Hall School, Dehradun.
but no less exuberant dance called
‘Giddha.’ The dancers enact verses
called Bolis, which represents folk Chhatti
poetry at its best. Giddha is a very
The Chhatti dance of Haryana is performed by women on the
vigorous folk dance and like other
6 day of the birth of a male child.
th
such dances it is much an aff air
of the legs. Mimicry is also very Aryan, Std. 4, VVDAV, Delhi
popular in Giddha. Illustration by Alisha Mahajan,
Std. 9, DAV Public School, Charkula
Alisha Mahajan, Std. 9, D.A.V Public School,
Amritsar Amritsar
Charkula started as a popular
Kajri dance form of Brajbhoomi after
the birth of Radha. The wooden
Kajri Dance is performed in Rampur, pyramid is lighted with 108 oil
Uttar Pradesh, just before the advent lamps. The women dance on
of the monsoons. Kajri dance is also the ‘rasiya’. Charkula dance is Illustration by Utsavi Teji, Std. 9, DAV
performed on the festivals with the especially performed on the third Public School Amritsar
accompaniment of the charming day after the holi festival on Dooj.
‘jhula’ lyrics or swing songs. Anushka Singh, Std. 7, W.H Smith
Memorial School, Varanasi
Illustration by Afreen Afreen Khan, Std.10, Sunway Sr. Sec. School,
Khan, Std. 10 Sundry Sr. Rampur Losar Shona Chuksam
Sec. School, Rampur
Performed on the occasion of
Khoria Losar (Tibetan New Year) this
dance is performed by the
This dance is popular in the central areas of Haryana. local people of Kinnaur Valley Illustration by: Mayank Balut, Std. 9
The dance is performed by women at the house of the (Himachal Padesh). In this dance,
bridegroom in the night on which the marriage party goes the movement depicts all kinds of agricultural activities from
to the bride’s house. By this dance the women ask for the safe sowing to the reaping of Ogla (barley) and Phaphar (a local
and sound return of the marriage party along with the newly grain).
wed couple.
P. Sai Sandesh, Std. 9, B.V.B.P.S, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
Shanivi Kaul, Delhi Public School, Sec- 45, Gurgaon
Chholoya Fari

A famous dance of Kumaon Fari is a folk dance once prevalent in the districts of eastern
region, Chholoya is mainly Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar specifi cally amongst Ahirs
performed during marriages. and Yadavas. Fari is performed by dancers clad in knee-length
As the groom’s procession tights. A distinguishing feature of this dance is its costume -
proceeds to the bride’s the manner in which the ankle-bells are tied; starting from
house, male dancers, armed the knee to right below the waist. This dance is performed
with swords and shields, either during marraiges or during the rest-period of soldiers
dance spiritedly. in the battlefi eld.
Anna Sinha, Std. 11, Springdales School, Daula Kaun, Delhi
Astha Chandra, Std. 9, Bhatnagar Illustration by: Pushra Iqbal Cambridge
International School, Delhi School, Sriniwaspuri, Delhi

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