The tradition
Jhumair or Jhumar, is a folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. It is a traditional dance of the Sadan, the Indo-Aryan ethnic groups of Chotanagpur.
Jhumair or Jhumar, is a folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. It is a traditional dance of the Sadan, the Indo-Aryan ethnic groups of Chotanagpur. It is also performed by Adivasi communities and is mainly associated with the harvest season. The musical instruments used in Jhumair include the Mandar, Dhol, Nagara, and Bansuri. The dance involves performers standing in a row, holding hands, singing couplets, swaying their bodies, clapping their hands, and occasionally performing timed jumps.¶
Varieties
The Jhumair/Jhumar dance varies in style across different regions. In the Chotanagpur region, there are various types of Jhumar, such as:¶
Khortha Jhumar Kurmali Jhumar Panch Pargarnia Jhumar Nagpuri Jhumar Mardani Jhumar Janani Jhumar¶
Notable exponent
Govind Sharan Lohra, folk artist from Jharkhand Mukund Nayak, folk artist from Jharkhand¶
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Jhumair”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.¶
Jhumair dance is folk dance of East India, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.1¶
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation.1¶
Sources
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| Wikidata: Jhumair dance (Q15839077) | database | Wikidata |
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