Rajasthan Dance
In the realm of the folkways dance and music rule supreme and one
cannot think of Rajasthan without this important element of its
folk life. A large variety of musical instruments is used in the
countryside. It ranges from the soft tinklers to thunderous
kettledrums; from simple, slender flutes to intriguing trumpets;
and from the rustic looking resonators for basic rhythm to
elegant and fully developed bowing or plucking devices.
Rajasthan is a fascinating Travel sight to see the folk musicians and Rajasthani
Dance with their musical instruments, who besides dressing themselves
in colourful attire, also decorate and embellish their
instruments with beautiful trappings and ornamental coverings.
They are a people with music in their souls. Their amazingly rich
music has an extraordinary individuality, tradition and exotic
flavor, which gives a distinctive feature and quality to their
musical sounds, and a certain pulse which does not fail to
fascinate the listener, staying like lingering perfume. Rajasthani People have
Cultural songs for every occasion with rich emotional content, almost an
endless variety of tunes, quite a few delightful dance forms (ghoomar
dance, Kalbeliya dance,
bhavi dance,
chari dance, drum dance), and
a large number of musical instruments, all a collective creation
of the folks which is retained by them in its traditional form
and character and passed from one generation to the other.