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KALBELIA & GHOOMAR with Translation
1-3 Hours Kalbeliya Dance is fun, lively, folkloric, improvisational and non-technical. It is characterized by rhythmic stomps, hip movements and kicks, ever-changing hand movements, spinning, and dancing with partners. It is a dance for fun and celebration. Ghoomar (Rounding) is a group dance done in a circle often performed at wedding celebrations. Learn the actual translation along with the dance by Imamddin. Plus, Live Music! Capacity Unlimited: Open to all |
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TERA TALI
1-2 Hours Learn Tera Tali Dance. The seated devotional dance done with Manjera's (swinging cymbals that are also clapped). Plus, Live Music! Capacity Unlimited: Open to all |
Chari Dance is performed at marriage celebrations, on the birth of a male child and at celebrations and festivals of goodness.
During the Chari dance, colorfully dressed, bejeweled women hold earthenware or brass Chari pots on their heads. Often, the Chari are set on lit Diya (oil lamp) or fire with cotton seeds immersed in oil. Dancers carry a flaming pot on their head without touching it, while performing graceful movements of limbs and deep swirls of knees.[3] To make the dance look more attractive lines of lighted patterns are created as the dancers move quietly around the floor. Rajasthan is a desert where women walk for many miles to collect water for their families. They collect their daily water in Chari. The dance celebrates this lifelong ritual of collecting water. |
Kartal
1-2 hours
Kartal literally means rhythm of the hand which is made of wood. Pairs of Kartals are played with both hands. Kartals usually accompany religious music in India played during the festivals and even near the holy places. Kartal is a distinctive instrument used in the Jaisalmer and Barmer played by Manganiyars and Langa community, it consists of two sets of two pieces of wood.
1-2 hours
Kartal literally means rhythm of the hand which is made of wood. Pairs of Kartals are played with both hands. Kartals usually accompany religious music in India played during the festivals and even near the holy places. Kartal is a distinctive instrument used in the Jaisalmer and Barmer played by Manganiyars and Langa community, it consists of two sets of two pieces of wood.
Special Private Lessons Available too!
Dholak: A very popular folk drum of northern India. It is barrel shaped with a simple membrane on the right hand side. The left hand is also a single membrane with a special application on the inner surface. This application is a mixture of tar, clay and sand (dholak masala) which lowers the pitch and provides a well defined tone.
Morchang (Jews Harp): A favourite of the Langas is the morchang, a wrought-iron instrument, much akin to the Jews harp, which produces twanging sounds. Held between the teeth, the left hand keeping it is position, it is played with right-hand fingers plucking the projected tongue, the sound being reinforced by air blown from the mouth of the player. The instrument is capable of producing a variety of notes and weaving a large range of rhythmic patterns.
Harmonium: is a keyboard that was invented in England in around 1840 and has gained immense popularity in India and other eastern nations. However the most peculiar thing about harmonium is that it has (albeit with slight differences of detail), retained the crafting originally given by A. Debain While some harmoniums are hand held, others come with foot pedals for controlling the pump, allowing the player to use both hands to control cords and keyboards.
Morchang (Jews Harp): A favourite of the Langas is the morchang, a wrought-iron instrument, much akin to the Jews harp, which produces twanging sounds. Held between the teeth, the left hand keeping it is position, it is played with right-hand fingers plucking the projected tongue, the sound being reinforced by air blown from the mouth of the player. The instrument is capable of producing a variety of notes and weaving a large range of rhythmic patterns.
Harmonium: is a keyboard that was invented in England in around 1840 and has gained immense popularity in India and other eastern nations. However the most peculiar thing about harmonium is that it has (albeit with slight differences of detail), retained the crafting originally given by A. Debain While some harmoniums are hand held, others come with foot pedals for controlling the pump, allowing the player to use both hands to control cords and keyboards.