Mardani Jhumar( also Mardana Jhumar) is a Nagpuri folk dance performed by men in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.[1][2][3] It is performed after harvest in fair.[4][5] Men wear ghongroo, hold sword, shield and dance in a circle by holding each other's hand. Musical instruments used in this dance are mandar, nagara, dhak and Shehnai or bansi. The dance movement reflects masculine energy.[6] Sometimes women dancers accompany them, who are known as Nacni.[7]
References
edit- ^ Professor at Folklore Institute and African Studies and Adjunct Professor School of Music Ruth M Stone (1998). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent. Taylor & Francis. pp. 371–. ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1.
- ^ Stephen Blum; Philip Vilas Bohlman; Daniel M. Neuman (1993). Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History. University of Illinois Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-252-06343-5.
- ^ "Mardani Jhumar". Jharkhandculture. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Manish Ranjan (2022). Jharkhand General Knowledge 2022. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 4.10. ISBN 978-9354883002.
- ^ "Nagpuri harvest songs and instrumental music – Maharashtra". 10 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Mardana Jhumar Dance in India". india9.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Babiracki, Carol M. (2008), "Between Life History and Performance: Sundari Devi and the Art of Allusion", Ethnomusicology, 52:1: 1–5, doi:10.2307/20174564, JSTOR 20174564, S2CID 193412396
 | This article related to folk dance is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about Indian dance is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |