Jhumair dance
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Jhumair or Jhumar, is a folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. It is a traditional dance of the Sadan, the Indo-Aryan ethnic groups of Chotanagpur. It is also performed by Adivasi communities and is mainly associated with the harvest season.
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- Jhumair dance performance
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- Jhumair dance by Tea-tribes of Assam
- Dance.genre
- Folk dance
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- Circular group formation
- Dance.tempo
- Moderate to lively
- Dance.instruments
- Dhol, Mandar, Nagara, Flute, Payel
- Dance.origin
- Chota Nagpur Plateau
- Dance.related_dances
- Domkach, Paika, Chhau
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Jhumair or Jhumar, is a folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. It is a traditional dance of the Sadan, the Indo-Aryan ethnic groups of Chotanagpur. It is also performed by Adivasi communities and is mainly associated with the harvest season.
The musical instruments used in Jhumair include the Mandar, Dhol, Nagara, and Bansuri. The dance involves performers standing in a row, holding hands, singing couplets, swaying their bodies, clapping their hands, and occasionally performing timed jumps.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jhumair dance” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.