Folk dances of Jharkhand
dc contributor director
Banerjee, Alok
Mukherjee, Jaydip
dc contributor editor
Chakarbarti, Susanta
dc contributor musician
Chatterjee, Gautam
Majumder, Anidya
dc contributor presenter
Ghosh, Probir
dc coverage spatial
Jharkhand
dc date accessioned
2018-08-02T19:07:55Z
dc date available
2018-08-02T19:07:55Z
dc description
The video is a film on the folk dances of Jharkhand. The film is directed by Aloke Banerjee and Jaydip Mukherjee. The video contains interviews which are conducted in Hindi. The commentary is in English.
Jharkhand is a culturally rich and multi-ethnic state in India. It is home to many tribal communities who are scattered throughout the state like the Santhals, the Lohras, the Birhors, the Savars, the Nagpuris, the Oraons and the Mundas. The various folk dances which are featured in the film include the Paika, the Mundari dance of the Mundas, the Damkach Jhumta of the Santhal and Nagpuri communities, the Jenani Jhumar and the Mardani Jhumar along with the Damkach of the Nagpuri community, the Jhika and Danga, the Baroa and Karam dance of the Oraons. These group dances are mostly accompanied by folk instruments like the madal, nagara, dhak, mandar, dhol, kartal, bansuri and sarangi.
dc source
Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre
dc subject
Folk dancing, Indic
Folk dance --India
India--Jharkhand
dc publisher
Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
parent collection in dspac
Videos
parent library name
Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre
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