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Kalbelia Dance Evolution 

 

Kalbelia dance is a dance of Kalbelia tribe of Rajasthan. This tribe is a community of Rajasthan which in ancient time known move frequently from one place to another rather than staying and building their homes at one place. Kalbelia tribe people are known to have main occupation of catching snakes and trading snake venom. They are also called Sapera's or Snake Charmers. Kalbelia folk dance is perform by females on the tunes of Been on the occasion of joy in the Kalbelia community. There is no any organized training system or school, manuscripts, and written text to teach and learn Kalbelia songs and Kalbelia dance. This folk art is transmitted from generation to generation.
Kalbelia Dance
Kalbelia Dance is very famous dance in Rajasthan India. Kalbelia dance is of the kalbelia tribe of rajasthan, the snake charmers. Kalbelia community's occupation being catching snakes and trading snake venom in Rajasthan. Dancers dress traditional black swirling skirts during Kalbelia Dance. Kalbelia Women and Girls dance on the rajasthani folk music during this dance. The rajasthani folk music plays in background and the Kalbelia women and girls dance. The Kalbelia Dance perform in the time of any big festival or any cultural dance programme in rajasthan India. Kalbelia Dance of rajasthan is a unique dance of kalbelias. Two or three women sings traditional rajasthani songs and others plays the musical instruments. During Bhavai dance there are some of musical instruments play with folk music like pakhwaja, dholak, jhanjhar, sarangi, harmonium and plaintive notes of the 'been' which is the wooden instrument of the snake charmers. During the Kalbelia Dance of rajasthan we can see the flexibility of the dancers body.

 

There are different dance forms which is famous and performed in various cities of Rajasthan. Some of them are:

 

 

 

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