Most famous 10 folk dances in India | Folk dances of India UPSC, SSC, Bank Exams

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In This session of General awareness series we are going to learn about Folk dances of India. We would only focus on the 10 famous folk dances of India in this video. If any of the folk dances of India UPSC perspective is missed let us know in the comments we will try to add that up in next version of folk dances of India video.
Folk dance in India is widely acknowledged in colourful tradition. Folk dAnce in tamil nadu, kerala, Punjab, J&K, Maharashtra and many other states are discussed as folk dance documentary which will be useful for folk dances for exams. Folk dances indo and types of folk dances are also discussed here.
Folk dance in India and List of folk dances are:
Rouff
Jammu and Kashmir
Rouff is the traditional folk dance of Kashmir, performed solely by the women on festive occasions.
Bhangra
Punjab
Merely everyone knows this folk dance, hailing from the vibrant state of Punjab. This dance originates from the Majha area of Punjab.
Ghoomar
Rajasthan
Ghoomar is performed by women in colourful swirling ghagharas.
The beauty of this dance is in the stunning spins which go on to reveal the various gorgeous colours of the swirling skirts.
The dance is performed in honour of the Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge.
Ghoomar is an absolutely fascinating and hypnotic dance to watch!
Garba
Gujarat
Garba is the folk dance of Gujarat, now popular in its neighbouring states too.
The dance symbolises a celebration of life.
Usually performed around a clay lantern, the dancers honour the Goddess Durga, the feminine representation of divinity.
Garba is always performed in a circle (as a metaphor for the cyclic nature of time).
In modern times, the Garba that is performed is heavily influenced by the Dandiya Raas, thus giving it the high energy it is known for.
Bihu
Assam
Bihu is a fast-paced, extremely joyful dance, hailing from the state of Assam. It is performed by young girls and boys during the festivals of Bihu, Assam’s three important agricultural festivals. The dance is performed to a twin-faced drum, with one end played with a stick and the other with the palm.
Chhau
West Bengal
This is a tribal martial arts dance popular in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa. It is mainly performed during regional festivals, especially the spring festival of Chaitra Parva, which is a thirteen-days long event.
Lavani
Maharashtra
Traditionally performed to the beat of the dholki, Lavani is a high-energy performance (usually by women), and has contributed immensely to the development of folk theatre in Maharashtra. There are two types of Lavani performances - Phadachi Lavani (enacted in a public space, a theatrical atmosphere) and Baithakachi Lavani (performed in a closed space to a select audience, and mostly while sitting down)
Dollu Kunitha
Karnataka
Dollu Kunitha is a folk dance performed in the temples of Beereshwara or Beeralingeswara, in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Puli Kali
Kerala
Performed during Onam, Kerala’s harvest festival, Puli Kali is a visual art in almost every aspect. Artists and dancers paint their bodies as tigers and hunters and dance to the beat of musical instruments like the Udukku and Thakil.
Karakattam
Tamil Nadu
Karakattam, also known as Karagam, is a popular folk dance of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Karakattam is conducted by an individual or two persons with various acrobatic feats. The dancers, attired in colourful costumes, carry decorated pots on their heads and dance in a lively manner to the rhythm of the music. The pots are adorned with a cone of flower arrangements with a paper parrot at its top.
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[@jainikadudhiya9020]

I m from gujarat being a Gujarati, I know bhangra, garba, and even ghoomar

[@chuitchumann1748]

I m from Assam The Bihu dance is our heartbeat, our breath , our praan 😘😘😍😍😍

[@paporigogoi5177]

While speaking about Bihu, they showed the pictures of the Sattriya dance.. But the video is about folk dance nd Sattriya is a classical dance

[@sathichowdhury4474]

Thanks for the information 😊

[@ganeshshetty2661]

I think you have left the main folk art of Karnataka that is yaksgagana

[@narutogluffy2272]

I think Yakshagana comes under theatre.

[@yogamarga-2241]

Very informative ☺ but you have not mentioned the famous folk dance Yakshagana from the state of Karnataka.

[@abinashdeka9705]

Bihu is not a dance, its our tradition, our heart, our culture

[@Suuuu349]

It is also a dance. A gorgeous one at that. 🤗

[@nbrjithesh]

North Kerala Kannur "Theyyam", thottam,Wayanad Nadanpattu.. Oppana & Margamkali. Incl pls

[@bumblebee8897]

There are lots of beautiful folk dances in the North east India but not mentioning

[@kavyasunilkumar4040]

Wah bhai wah kya tho video he

[@madeshshivam952]

Karagattam ❤❤

[@idknowlageidknowlage6596]

Thank you

[@vrs1234]

Proved to be a tamilan😍 And im also dance karakattam☺

[@ziaulhaque6002]

thanks for well presentation with important contents.

[@yashwanthyash6364]

I missed Andhra natyam, Veera natyam and perini natyam!!!!!

[@sumeshmaharana7779]

Chhau is orijin from mayurbhanj the state of Odisha,not west Bengal.

[@pranavshrijoshi3981]

Bihu,ghoomar

[@biplabroktim1210]

Bihuuuuuuuu ........assammmmmm

[@gitanjalimane7159]

Thank you mam

[@Gugloth_Sai]

And one more festival is their that is telangana ..bathukamma festival.. cover this also if ur preparing one more videos ... search about it its really interesting festival bro....

[@caryllgacus5736]

Thank you for that I hope u can make another video

[@chirasmitamohanty4928]

Where is Odisha's folk dance "sambalpuri" ?

[@AmitPatel-nb6us]

Takar maa manke gaheebar katha

[@rishiteshmaharana5936]

Even chhau nrutya is mentioned as West Bengal which originated in Odisha.

[@mourya2318]

I love sambalpuri songs And dances 🥰

[@famidasabir3103]

Thanks a lot

[@exambin]

Thanks Famida

[@adityadubey6490]

Proud to be born in india

[@dhruvchandna5477]

💃💃💃

[@WiseBlackheart]

@Exambin. Where is world famous folk dance the Samalpuri dance of Odisha. Next time do video after proper knowlege. Many books which always neglect Odisha, and u copied ur information from these sight which not mention about sambalpuri dance.

[@JSREX07]

Kummi dance in India in Tamilnadu kummi dance they were green clothes

[@k.dmanikyatripuri192]

Hojagiri, Mamita dance of Tripura r famous all over the world.

[@ruhipatil9320]

Something everyone is forgetting is that this video includes the top 10 most popular folk dances. I'm not trying to offend anyone but if the maker of this video should've included all the folk dances that you all wanted, it wouldn't be named top 10, would it? 🧐🤨

[@raghuramboddeda4945]

I thought you were missing out many folk forms of Andhra, Telangana, and Karnaataka. Kolatam, dappetagullu, tolu bommalata ( puppet play), Dimsa, teenmar, yakshgaanam so much more. Lambada folk dancing from also missed it

[@ashmivloge570]

My child has learns so many dances

[@rakhirahul9548]

pulikali

[@narasimhansmanthri9884]

Where is kolattam

[@sankhayanbhaumik6452]

Thank you sir......

[@chandansameeran9608]

Why Sambalpuri dance isn't mentioned from odissa

[@staticgk5589]

Art and culture by Ashish kumar

[@user-sr4nk2bq2v]

What about Northeast India

[@barnali..4834]

😊

[@shahrukhhasan6206]

nice video

[@anuharish4014]

Yes yakshagana

[@narutogluffy2272]

Yakshagana comes under theatre I think

[@pramitha127]

👌👌

[@rohitharelli5877]

Were is the warriors dance. perini shivathandavam from telengana

[@ishubhadauriya946]

I have to dance the cultural dance in my school

[@smsreeram]

U are from TN I guess

[@exambin]

You're right, We are from TN

[@ohmranjan9540]

​@@exambin chhau dance originated in odisha and u didn't mention anything about sambalpuri dance

[@gitanjalimane7159]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@gargi606]

I love performing Rouff😂

[@dhruvchandna5477]

FROM PUNJAB BHANGRA

[@online5373]

Assam's bihu

[@saraharchana9203]

Talk to the point

[@sona-bw2xv]

What about sambalpuri?

[@renushaw2879]

Yes

[@pramitha127]

P

[@balusn1131]

Where Andhrapradesh , Telangana, Odisha, Manipur, Mizoram, MP, Nagaland. You gave very few . There are so many. Try go give complete details.

[@asgorsk1229]

Some famoise dance are missing.

[@exambin]

Hello Asgor, India's heritage is culturally diverse and rich. While there are certainly more folk dance forms here in this video we try to explain about the top 10 dance forms that are widely practised.

[@rishiteshmaharana5936]

Chhau nrutya is originated from Mayurbhanj, odisha . You shoud give proper info to the audience.

[@abhi4762]

Mayurbhanj chhau is now a semi-classical dance acc to Wikipedia ....m i correct ??

[@mrunalkantiroutray8704]

where is the most beautiful Sambalpuri dance????????!!!!!!!!!!!!😠

[@sonalikabehera2484]

Odisha

[@maheshwarrao8089]

I know about this

[@dasabhujagotipua]

Sir Namaskar. Thanks for your Work but sir Famous Dance me Gotipua Dance (Odisha) and Thanta from (Manipur) hona Chahiye is two dance forms ke age koi Nahi.

[@rajkumartiwari7647]

Horrible pronunciation. Please change the voice of the anchor. Its sending a very wrong impression and knowledge to the children. At least when its made for the Exam preparation, it should be very well taken care of.. absolute garbage this is

[@prekshithagowda-123]

And most importantly you left kodagu , kodava dance

[@pramitha127]

Free

[@stevenleslie8557]

Came to see some dancing. Disappointed.

[@Being_Unidirectional]

Heyyyy Helloooo STUFF HAI Guy😅😅👌

[@PRABHATKUMAR-jj2zt]

But you have not added raas Lila of Manipur , world famous Kathakali from kerela , Bharatnatyam from Telangana and dhunuchi dance from West Bengal

[@danushcs1692]

This vedio is incomplete with out Karnatakas yakshagana

[@renjithlal9404]

Same feeling from Kerala

[@pramodm5282]

മലയാളീസ്

[@tusharsathe406]

The narrator needs to improve his pronunciation...he completely butchered pronunciation of Lavani

[@nandhanakrishnan.r4279]

Yep. He also butchered Pulikkali

[@nirjashah1198]

Hi

[@RohitKumar-wh3xn]

Tu Bhangra paa tu Bhangra Paa tu Bhangra paaa ee eaaa oo aa

[@tanujabai4505]

You have forgotten about sambalpuri, chhau, gotipua, santali ,cheeti ghoda, kela keluni, danda nacha, ranapa nacha,ghumura nacha, flok dances of odisha😡.

[@tapeshlall7964]

Horrible pronunciations. He is Indian and tried to speak like a western. Its shameful and pathetic

[@theviralvideo1637]

Where is Odishi ?????

[@dukubee870]

It's classical dance not folk

[@WiseBlackheart]

Odissi is oldest classical dance of India

[@bhuvanchandru7173]

Were is yakshagana it is the main folk dance of karnataka

[@upgrade1015]

Play the damn songs

[@RajKumarRajKumar-jj1nn]

Where is Assam falk Dance

[@jainikadudhiya9020]

Hey it's garba But yu pronounce it gaba....

[@mourya2318]

Where is sua ,panthi ,karma , raut nacha ,gedi and kaksar dances ?😡😭 From Chhattisgarh

[@wissalfatimagaidi5139]

what about mujra

[@tiktokindia9117]

Where is folk dance of uttarakhand 😡

[@deepakkumarpatel5001]

Lavanda nach in bihar

[@soumyaranjantripathy1022]

Shyad app logo ko pata nahi hai.... Lekin Odisha ke sambalpuri dance ke bina Indian fok dance adhura haii.... Too video bana ne se pehele pura research kiji ye....... 😑😑😑

[@arjundalai5211]

U missed the beautiful folk dance of Odisha. .that is ..THE WORLD FAMOUS SAMBALPURI DANCE .it proves this video is lack of actual knowledge. .and also not justifying. 10 famous folk dance

[@dvs697]

Say about india not about north and east

[@kailasthakare7299]

It's not lavvaani it's lavni

[@user-db7uf5co6h]

Chau is not from West Bengal it is from odisha

[@sireeshat5105]

Binod Kumar Biswal chau is a popular folk dance of Bihar

[@user-db7uf5co6h]

Jakraiah T Mr chaau is famous in odisha, Jharkhand and west Bengal not Bihar

[@sireeshat5105]

I read in the concise general knowledge book. If I am wrong sorry for the mistake.

[@idleBuddy]

@@user-db7uf5co6h Correct Binod

[@rakeshchmahato]

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[@positivevibes333]

Where is sambalpuri

[@jashanpreetsingh6170]

Nothing matches bhangra

[@rahulsir4381]

jat jatin

[@rahulsir4381]

bihar mithila

[@sireeshat5105]

Chau is from Bihar

[@ayanmaity259]

Chau has three types mayurbhanj chau from odhisha which does not contain mask and purulia-sareikela chau from west bengal and bengali community of jharkhand which includes mask.

[@shahrukhhasan6206]

Hello