March 2, 2010

Folk Dances Of India # Feed 6

Identify the folk dance in the picture below.


ANSWER: Dalkhai from western Orissa. Its mostly performed on the Dusserah festival. Mostly dances by young women and men join as drummers and musicians. The women generally dress themselves with colorful "Sambalpuri" sarees and wear scarf on shoulders.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

dalkhai dance

jaya said...

dalkhai...got a guess from the fabric of sarees and then google