- @Amrapali #txt-anno http://www.discoveredindia.com/jammu-and-kashmir/culture-in-jammu-and-kashmir/dance-in-jammu-and-kashmir/dhamali-dance.htm {u'tags': [u'Jammu-Kashmir', u'Dhamali-Dance'], u'quote': u'Dhamali Dance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n India known for a number of things like its rich culture, wealth and ancient history is also very popular for its different kinds of dances. There are a number of classical and non-classical dance forms in India. These dance forms represent the culture and ethos of a place or a group of people. Different emotions and actions are depicted in various dance forms. It can be devotional form of dance or the dance can depict happiness, anger and sadness. The Indian dances always bear a message and a story in them. Based on the category and style of dance they are performed only by certain age people to bring out the effectiveness of the dance and the message it carries. Dhamali is one such dance that originated in the northern region of India. This is a devotional dance performed exclusively by men to invoke the blessings of Gods on them and their families. Dhamali dance traces its roots back to Kashmir.\n History \n Dhamali devotional dance performed in ceremonies and is very famous among pilgrims going on Ziarat where the shrine of the god is located.\n Traditionally, the Dhamali dance evolved from originated from the widely known tomb of Moulana Rumi. This is situated in Turkey in a town called Konya. In turkey, Sultan Walad Sultan was the founder of the Mawlawiyah Sufi order. This is also called the \u2018Order of the Whirling Dervishes\u2019. The Sufi dance in turkey is called as Sama ceremony. The artists who perform the sama ceremony are called as Dervishes. The dance was more famously known as Dervishes dances which later came to be known by Kashmir\u2019s Dhamali Dance.', u'editable': False, u'ranges': [{u'start': u'/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/h1[1]', u'end': u'/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/p[3]', u'startOffset': 0, u'endOffset': 526}], u'text': u'Dhamali Dance Jammu-Kashmir', u'permissions': {u'read': [], u'admin': [], u'update': [], u'delete': []}} created: Fri, 10 Jul 2015, 11:44 AM UTC