Bhavai
Bhavai
is one of the traditional folk dances of Rajasthan. This is a very
difficult form of dance and can only be performed by skilled
artists. This dance basically involves women dancers balancing 8 to
9 pitchers on their heads and dancing simultaneously. This nail
biting , suspenseful dance, the well skilled dancers balance a
number of earthen pots or brass picthers and then sway with the
soles of their feet perched on the top of a glass and also sometime
on the edge of a naked sword or on the rim os a brass thali (plate)
during the performance.
This artistic form of dance is belived to be originated in the
neigbouringing state Gujrat and was soon picked up and adapted by
the local tribal men and women and gave it a distinctive Rajasthani
essence. This traditional folk dance, performed by the womens of the
Jat, Bhil, Raigar, Meena, Kumhar, and Kalbelia communities of
Rajasthan evolved from the extraordinary quality and capacity of the
these communities to carry a number of pots of water on head over a
long distance in the desert
There are different dance forms which is famous and performed in various cities of Rajasthan. Some of them are: