- @Amrapali #txt-anno http://pandyadhaval.blogspot.in/2012/02/dance-music-and-dance-forman-integral.html {u'tags': [u'Gujarat', u'Bhaya-dance'], u'quote': u'Music and dance form\nan integral part of Dangi Life. Most often than not, Dangis don\u2019t sing but\ndance. Nature, festivals and moonlit night are sufficient inspiration for their\nfeet to move. Dancing is not just an art but a socio-religious activity for the\ntribals. As Verier Elvin has pointed out, it is an exercise in delight, a\ndisplay of grace and vigor, a partnership of sexes in the intimacy of ordered\nrhythm. Important folk dances of Dangs include Pavri dance, Thakarya dance, Bhaya/Dungardev dance, Bohada dance\nand Madal dance.\n\n\nTadpa/Pavri\nDance\n\n\n\nPavri dance \u2013 a\ndance full of energy, skill and enthusiasm has around 27 different chal or\nformations complemented with the music of dhol (drum) and pavri (a\nbagpipe). The names of the different chals are according to the\nsteps involved or according to the bird or the beast which the movements of the\ndancers try to imitate. There are chals or tunes such as slow motion\ntune, two steps tune, three steps tune, wailing tune, the sparrow step tune,\nthe crocodile step tune, chicken step tune, Jopio Chalo, Mohania Chalo, Morno\nChalo, Bahino Chalo, Malino Chalo, Zavda Chalo, Dhobing Chalo, Thisra Chalo etc.\nOff late, Pavri dance has become synonymous with the term Dangi dance.\n\n\n\nThakarya Dance\n\n\n\nThakarya dance is a\ndevotional dance dedicated to propitiation of rain-gods. Starting from the\nfestival of \u2018Tera\u2019, this dance is performed till Diwali. Instead of kahalya and\ndholak, madal and tin are the instruments played during this dance. Villagers\nflock at one place after the dinner to view and perform this dance. Only males\nparticipate in the dance. Among the performers, one plays madal, the other\nplays tin, few others sing and rest of them dance. It starts with a \u201cNaman\nGeet\u201d, a song that greets and worships various tribal Gods. During the\nNamangeet, all the performers sit together and sing. Namangeet starts with\nsalutation towards mother Earth, followed by cow, Kanasari Devi, Vagh Dev, Nag\nDev, Son, Moon, Gam Dev, Hanumandada etc. Towards the end, they salute Dholi\n(one who plays Madal), dancers, singers, villagers and at last the viewers.\nDancers then wear the anklets and start the actual dance. In this dance,\ndancers move in a circular form assuming virasan (warrior pose). First, they\ndance standing, then they dance bending and then with more force in Virasan. It\nis very strenuous and exhausting. Unlike other dances, singing is compulsory in\nthis dance. An important characteristic of this dance is the tradition of\n\u2018questions\u2019 and \u2018answers\u2019 during the dance session. \n\n\n\nBhaya Dance\n\n\n\nBhaya nritya\n(bhacha chalo) is a devotional dance performed at the time of worship of\n\u2018dungar dev\u2019. Unlike other dances, no one can join this dance without taking\nbath and the dancer has to take meals once only. Instead of dholak and kahalya,\npavri is the instrument used in this dance. All dancers sing short devotional\nsongs and in between, shout \u2018bi-lo-ri-sho\u2019. The \u2018bilori\u2019 means the boundary of\nstones or hill. The names of gods residing in different hills are recited\nduring the dance.', u'editable': False, u'ranges': [{u'start': u'/div[3]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]', u'end': u'/div[3]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[12]/span[1]', u'startOffset': 0, u'endOffset': 491}], u'text': u'Bhaya-dance Dang Gujarat', u'permissions': {u'read': [], u'admin': [], u'update': [], u'delete': []}} created: Thu, 09 Jul 2015, 07:51 AM UTC