- @Amrapali #txt-anno http://www.natfom.org/?page_id=370 {u'ranges': [{u'start': u'/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/p[5]/span[1]/span[2]', u'end': u'/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/p[6]/span[1]/span[2]', u'startOffset': 498, u'endOffset': 158}], u'quote': u'Gondhal\u2019 is danced by professionals during \u2018Janeepu\u2019 or the thread ceremony of Hindus. The dance is performed at night with lighted torch. The main dancer dances in front of the holy pot symbolishing the goddess Bhivani. The devotees of goddess Ambabai of Kolhapur perform the \u2018Kadak Lakshmi\u2019 dance in front of the image of the goddess Amba. The dance is always performed by two persons-a woman and a man. The man is dressed like a woman, has long hair, no beard but keeps a moustache.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 The woman first dances with peacock feather in her right hand. The male then takes a whip and starts whipping himself at times he pierces himself with needles', u'permissions': {u'admin': [], u'read': [], u'update': [], u'delete': []}, u'text': u'Gondhal-folk-dance Thread ceremony Maharashtra', u'tags': u'["Folk-dances-of-india","Maharashtra","Gondhal-folk-dance","Thread","ceremony"]'} created: Mon, 04 May 2015, 08:39 AM UTC