the colours of india
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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.