- @Amrapali #txt-anno http://www.thrillophilia.com/rajasthan-cultural-tours {u'tags': u'["Folk-dances-of-india","Rajasthan","Dandiya-of-Rajasthan","holi"]', u'quote': u'Dandiya is a popular dance form in Rajasthan. Dancers dress in colourful costumes and play with sticks in their hands. With skill and artistry, dancers play with each other by gently tapping each other\u2019s sticks. Graceful movements and deft touches characterize these movements. Large sticks or short sticks are used. Adults and children play this dance. There is no restriction as to who can dance. Everybody is invited.\n\nMeddale is the musical instrument played when dandiya is being played. A drummer plays this instrument. There could be many drummers playing this instrument at a single point of time. Sometimes drummers flip and do circular jumps when drumming. As with the others, drummers are dressed to detail. Their costumes are extravagant and flamboyant. Not only are their turbans colourful, they have flowing male dupattas and embroidered external wear.', u'editable': u'false', u'ranges': [{u'start': u'/div[8]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/p[38]', u'end': u'/div[8]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/p[39]', u'startOffset': 0, u'endOffset': 444}], u'text': u'Dandiya of Rajasthan ', u'permissions': {u'admin': [], u'read': [], u'update': [], u'delete': []}} created: Mon, 01 Jun 2015, 10:32 AM UTC