- @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[55]/strong[1]/em[1]/span[1]', u'end': u'/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/p[56]/span[1]/span[1]', u'startOffset': 0, u'endOffset': 874}], u'quote': u'The Tarpa Dance\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 This dance is called so because the wind musical instrument played along with the dance is Tarpa. While performing this dance, the Tarpa player dances in the centre and is encircled by 30 to 100 men and women holding hands on shoulders and hips of their partner in order to form a chain. The circle is called as Peran, and the Leader is called as gholya who gives rhythmic beats with a stick having bells (ghungroo) known as \u201cghol kathi\u201d. About 15 to 20 steps and movements are changed, while performing the dance. This also means that the tarpa player changes to all the varieties of tunes, which helps is dancers to change steps. This dance performed during Diwali festival. There are on special costumes for the tarpa dance. Men wear shorts or loin cloth, and dance with or without a shirt or banian. The women folk wear a sari and a blouse, their normal dress.', u'permissions': {u'read': [], u'admin': [], u'update': [], u'delete': []}, u'text': u'The Tarpa Dance Maharashtra', u'tags': [u'Maharashtra', u'The-Tarpa-Dance', u'gholya']} created: Mon, 04 May 2015, 01:47 PM UTC