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 Saila Dance :

 

This Saila Dance is performed on any occasion, like,  in  any  public  functions,  National  festivals,  Vijay  rallies of any  political  leaders  etc. Only male participates in the dance .Dance  is performed  in a group, all  of  them  holding two  hard  bamboo  sticks  in  their  hands,  strike  the  sticks of the  adjacent persons, either of  his  right or  left, which  make  a  sweet  sound of   "thussss thussss".   They have   a unique   interval of striking the sticks so that sound of  should  come  out  together.           The dance leader makes a sound "kih..ho ..kih" to excite  all  dancer at  the end  of  every  song. Participants  are dressed by dhoti-kurta  and  pagdi,  tying   west   with a lungi    or   towels.  The dance  is  also  performed  in the month  if  January  at the end  of cutting the crop.

 Suwa Dance :   

The aim of this dance is to convey a heart full   thought of  young marriageable girls with a heart beating song to young boy who is also in search of a girl of his worthy. Its other aim is to please the goddess of the wealth  who provides  wealth to their family.          They dance in every house of the village and at the owner's house also who provides them rice, paddy  or  money,  as  to  thank  goddess. Their  songs  carry a very heart   touching meaning and the effect is that whenever a  marriageable young boy listens this song and watch a young girl dancing  he  puts a proposal before  their parents. And the parents of the boy send a message via a messenger  about  the desire of their son. And  if the family of that girl are  agreed they wed them.

Karma Dance :  

There  are different  types of "Karma" dance. It is danced  according  to the cast category  while the meaning of the Karma festival is same for all categories. The dancing system is recognized by the cast groups.  Urban tribal have their own system of dancing. Male and female are chained together and form a circle in the dance.           The name Karama is drawn from the name of a tree "Karam". The branch of  a  tree  is  carried by the  dancers   and  is  passed  among  them  with  singing  and  dancing .This  branch  should  not touch the earth, asl  it is washed with milk and  rice bear. Then it is raised in the middle of the dancing arena. All members of the caste dance for whole night in the praise of the "karam".          It has a proverb that when there was a war in the past only a young couple was left alive by hiding them into the hollow trunk of this tree, and since then this tree is worshipped by the people. This dance is famous not only in India but also in foreign like Russia.

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