Folk Dances of India for Kids
Meet the folk dances of India! Seven short episodes about the harvest dances, the circle dances and the dance-dramas, told in simple English, with a colouring page for every episode.
Episodes
Dances for harvests, weddings and festivals
EP 1Bhangra: Jump for the HarvestPunjab · 1 min read
EP 2Garba: Circles for Nine NightsGujarat · 1 min read
EP 3Ghoomar: Skirts Like FlowersRajasthan · 1 min read
EP 4Bihu: Welcoming the New YearAssam · 1 min read
EP 5Kalbelia: The Snake Dance of the DesertRajasthan · 1 min read
EP 6Chhau: Masks, Leaps and SomersaultsOdisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal · 1 min read
EP 7Yakshagana: A Play That Lasts All NightCoastal Karnataka · 1 min read
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About this series
Folk dances are danced by whole communities at harvests, weddings and festivals, and anyone can join in. This series explains seven of them in short, simple stories for children aged 3 to 8: where each dance comes from, what the dancers wear, which drums and songs go with it, and when it is danced. Each episode has six short pages, one idea to take away, a question to talk about, and a colouring page to print or paint online.
Written for children from well-known public sources, including UNESCO’s lists of living heritage. Every region has many more folk dances than these seven, and each dance is danced a little differently in different places.
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