The colours of india

THE COLOURS OF INDIA

INDIA HAS A DIVERSIFIED CULTURE, EACH STATE OF INDIA HAS ITS OWN CHARM, THE PEOPLE FROM EACH STATE HAS A DIFFERENT WAY TO BRING OUT THEIR

FEELINGS AND TRADITION.MAY IT BE RAJASTHAN OR GUJARAT, MAHARASHTRA OR

KARNATAKA, KASHMIR OR PUNJAB, BENGAL OR ORISSA. EACH STATE REFLECTS THE CORE OF

COLOURFUL INDIA.

RAJASTHAN – THE INDIAN STATE OF WARRIORS IS BLESSED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT FORMS OF

FOLK DANCE. TO NAME SOME WE HAVE KALBELIA, GHOOMAR, LANGA, BHILAI AND MANY MORE.

RAJASTHAN

KARNATAKA / KERALA

KATHAKALI IS A HIGHLY STYLIZED CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE-DRAMA

NOTED FOR THE ATTRACTIVE MAKE-UP OF CHARACTERS, ELABORATE

COSTUMES, DETAILED GESTURES AND WELL-DEFINED BODY MOVEMENTS

PRESENTED IN TUNE WITH THE ANCHOR PLAYBACK MUSIC AND

COMPLEMENTARY PERCUSSION.

KALARIPAYATTU IS PERHAPS THE MOST ANCIENT MARTIAL ART IN THE WORLD. LEGENDS TRACES THE 3000-YEAR OLD

ART FORM TO STAGE PARASURAMA- THE MASTER OF ALL MARTIAL ART FORMS

AND CREDITED TO BE THE RE-CLAIMER OF KERALA FROM

THE ARABIAN SEA.

PUNJAB

PUNJAB – THE STATE OF THE STRONG, THE BOLD AND ENERGETIC PEOPLE.

THE MOST FAMOUS FORM OF DANCE IN PUNJAB IS BHANGRA.

BHANGRA HAS DEVELOPED AS A COMBINATION OF DANCES FROM

DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PUNJAB REGION. THE TERM "BHANGRA" NOW

REFERS TO SEVERAL KINDS OF DANCES AND ARTS, INCLUDING JHUMAR, LUDDI, GIDDHA, JULLI,

DAANKARA, DHAMAL, SAAMI, KIKLI, AND GATKA.

MAHARASHTRA

LAVANI (MARATHI: ला�वणी�) IS A GENRE OF MUSIC POPULAR IN

MAHARASHTRA AND SOUTHERN MADHYA

PRADESH, INDIA. THE WORD LAVANI COMES FROM THE

WORD LAVANYA WHICH MEANS BEAUTY. THE NIRGUNI LAVANI (PHILOSOPHICAL) AND

THE SHRINGARI LAVANI (SENSUAL) ARE THE TWO TYPES. THE DEVOTIONAL

MUSIC OF THE NIRGUNI CULT IS POPULAR ALL OVER MALWA.

MOST WIDELY KNOWN FOLKS OF MAHARASHTRA ARE KOLI AND LAVANI

KASHMIR

TRADITIONALLY THE MUSIC COMPOSED BY ETHNIC KASHMIRIS HAS A WIDE RANGE OF MUSICAL

INFLUENCES IN COMPOSITION. DUE TO KASHMIR'S CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CENTRAL ASIA, EASTERN ASIA AND

SOUTHERN ASIA, A UNIQUE BLEND OF MUSIC HAS EVOLVED ENCOMPASSING THE MUSIC OF THE 3 REGIONS. BUT,

OVERALL, KASHMIRI MUSIC IS CLOSER TO CENTRAL ASIAN MUSIC, USING

TRADITIONAL CENTRAL ASIAN INSTRUMENTS AND MUSICAL SCALES.

ORISSA / BENGAL

THE BIHU DANCE (ASSAMESE: বি�হু নৃ�ত্য�, HINDI: बि�हू नृ�त्य) IS A FOLK DANCE

FROM THE INDIAN STATE OF ASSAM RELATED TO THE FESTIVAL OF BIHU. THIS

JOYOUS DANCE IS PERFORMED BY BOTH

YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY BRISK DANCE STEPS,AND RAPID HAND MOVEMENT.

DANCERS WEAR TRADITIONALLY COLORFUL

ASSAMESE CLOTHING.

GUJARAT

BASICALLY GARBA DIVIDED INTO TWO TYPES

MODERN AND TRADITIONAL. DIFFERENT TYPES OF RASS(GARBA) ARE THERE, LIKE DANDIA RASS, TALI(CLAP) RASS,

KHANJARI(MUSICAL INSTRUMENT) RASS, MANJIRA(MUSICAL

INSTRUMENT) RASS, DIVA(CLAY LAMP) RASS, TIPPNI(SPECIAL STICK) RASS, TALWAR RASS,

BEDA RASS, THALI(PLATE) RASS.. ETC.

THE SHOW HAS A VIDE RANGE OF ETHNIC COSTUMES AND COLOURFUL PROPS. MAY IT BE SWORDS, OR POTS OR HORSES AND MANY MORE.

A WONDERFULL TEAM OF

16 DANCERS AND PERFORMERS WITH A VARIOUS FORMS OF STUNTS AND ACROBATIC ACTS INVOLVED.

A NICE COMBINATION OF AUDIO VISUALS AND DANCE WITH UNIQUE STYLE OF MARTIAL ARTS PERFORMANCES.

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SHOW DURATION : 45 MINS

CREW STRENTH : 16 PERFORMERS

AUDIO-VISUALS : EACH DANCE ACT INTRO WITH GRAPHICS

DURING THE ACTS.

ACTS : 9 PERFORMANCES 1. GANESH VANDANA, 2. RAJASTHAN, 3. SOUTH INDIA, 4. PUNJAB, 5. MAHARASHTRA, 6. KASHMIR, 7. ORISSA, 8. GUJARAT & 9. PATRIOTIC.