Kalbeliya Dance Rajasthan कालबेलिया नृत्य | Cobra Gypsies | Gypsy Village Dancers | Colleena Shakti
Channel: Roots Of Pushkar Records
Date: 2015-06-11

Kalbeliya Dance Rajasthan कालबेलिया नृत्य | Cobra Gypsies | Gypsy Village Dancers | Colleena Shakti

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The Kalbeliya dance is becoming more and more famous since it started to be shown outside of their community. It is known as the “dance of the snake”.
In other wandering casts the women wear very colourful dresses, but the Kalbeliya women wear totally black long skirts and long sleeved black blouses embroidered with tiny mirrors, small beads and stitched patterns in white, red and yellow. They also wear jewellery made of silver and beads. This traditional black costume can change slightly, as it is handmade in different areas. All these  black and shiny costumes obviously represent “the snake”.
From a young age, the Kalbeliya girls learn how to dance by imitating, training nearly every day and as young women are incredible dancers. The older women usually sing the traditional desert songs accompanying the musicians during shows. The Kalbeliya dance is quite sensuous, as the women spin and dance in a circle; their bodies sway acrobatically and sinuously. As the beat of the music increases in tempo and pace the spectator becomes completely enthralled by the complete spectacle.
During the performance, wearing their colourful “sapha” (turban), the men accompany the performance playing their traditional music instruments. They obviously play the pungi, which is the instrument used to charm the cobras. The “pungi” is made of dried gourd and bamboo stick; it is played like a flute. The other instruments used are “dufli”, “been”, “khanjari”, “morchang”, “khuralio” and “dholak”. The Kalbeliya “dance of the snake” is the most serious dance of Rajasthan; it can be described, but the only way to be “bitten” by it…is by having the opportunity to see it performed in its natural desert setting. ------------- Faabinaath Sapera ------------