Dances in India | Exploring India

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India is a vast country and comprises various forms of art and culture. India is a country that follows the quote Unity in Diversity. The country is famous for its cultural heritage and arts. Dance is one of the major types of art in India. Different types of dances originate from many other parts of the country. These dances have a great correlation with the culture and traditions of the place and have a relation with the ancient past. The traditions of the classical dance of each part of the country depend on the people residing there and their cultural practices. There are many world-famous dance types followed in different parts of the country.

Kuchipudi is danced mainly in Andhra Pradesh. Kerala is the place for the origination of dance forms like Kathakali, mohini attam, and theyyam. These dances are famous in that local area and many people are trained with their local dance form. But even these dance forms are famous in other parts of India and have a great welcome even to other community people. Punjab people celebrate their fun times with their traditional dance forms like Bhangra and Gidda. Tamil Nadu is famous for its greatest form of dance Bharatanatyam.

Sl. No.	States	Folk Dance
1	Andhra Pradesh	Thapetta Gullu
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Bardo Chham
3	Assam	Bihu
4	Bihar	Karma/Munda
5	Chhattisgarh	Panthi, Raut Nacha
6	Goa	Koli, Tarangmel
7	Gujarat	Dandiya, Garba, Padhar, Raas
8	Haryana	Ghoomar
9	Himachal Pradesh	Kinnauri Nati
10	Jammu and Kashmir	Dumhal (Kashmir), Spaw (Ladakh)
11	Jharkhand
12	Karnataka	Dollu Kunitha, Yakshagana
13	Kerala	Padayani
14	Madhya Pradesh	Charkula, Jawara, Tertali
15	Maharashtra	Pavri Nach, Tamasha/Lavani, Dindi
16	Manipur	Dol cholam, Thang Ta
17	Meghalaya
18	Mizoram	Cheraw Dance
19	Nagaland
20	Orissa	Ruk Mar Nacha (Chhau dance ), Dalkai, Goti Pua
21	Punjab	Bhangra, Giddha
22	Rajasthan	Chari, Kalbelia, Ghoomar, Fire Dance, Kachhi Gori
23	Sikkim	Singhi Chham
24	Tamil Nadu	Devarattam, Kummi, Poikal Kudirai Attam, Kamandi or Kaman Pandigai, Kolattam, Mayil Attam or Peacock dance, Theru Koothu
25	Tripura	Hojagiri
26	Uttarakhand
27	Uttar Pradesh
28	West Bengal
Sl. No.	Union Territories	Folk Dance
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Nicobarese dances
2	Chandigarh
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli
4	Daman and Diu
5	Delhi
6	Lakshadweep	Lava
7	Pondicherry	Garadi