- @Amrapali #img-anno http://cdn-media.bheemtal.com/images/bheemtal/Dance_and_Music/Chholiya_dance.jpg {u'shapes': [{u'geometry': {u'y': 0.07666666666666666, u'x': 0.9352640545144804, u'width': 0.047700170357751315, u'height': 0.1}, u'type': u'rect'}], u'src': u'http://cdn-media.bheemtal.com/images/bheemtal/Dance_and_Music/Chholiya_dance.jpg', u'context': u'http://testapp.swtr.us/?code=1mxyQmnJ9d7Hb5QsQ39aspUrSMyJmG', u'comment': u'Choliya dance or sword dance Uttar Khand - India : is performed by the Rajput community of Uttarakhand during their marriage processions. The dance originated from the celebrations that took place after a conquest in a war.\n\nThe dancers sway vigorously, jump and turn around, engaging in mock sword fighting with a pair of swords and shields. The thumping and aggressive music symbolizing war emanates from brass instruments called turi and ransing, percussion instruments such as dhol and damau and a pair of masakbean or bagpipe.\n\nA rajput marriage procession moves ahead with a red flag in front of the marriage procession, followed by the Choliya dancers dressed in the ceremonial attire of a white pagari or headgear, white colored churidar-pyjama , a crossed belt around their chest and a colored belt around their waist. This dancing entourage is comprised of twenty-two people, eight of which are dancers, and remaining fourteen are musicians.'} created: Mon, 22 Sep 2014, 04:49 PM UTC