page_title: Bhavai dance
hierarchical_section_title: Bhavai dance
caption_attribution_description: English: Navya bikaner
context_page_description: Bhavai is a genre of folk dance popular in Rajasthan state in western India. The male or female performers balance a number of earthen pots or brass/metal pitchers as they dance nimbly, pirouetting and then swaying with the soles of their feet perched on the top of a glass bottles, on the edge of the sword, on the rim of a brass/metal thali and on the broken glass during the performance.
  The famous Bhavai dancer of india Miss Navya Bhatnagar 11 year old lives in Bikaner. The first Bhavai Dancer of India was Mrs. Krishna Vyas Chhangani, who born in Jodhpur.
  The Dance form consists of veiled women dancers balancing up to 22 brass/metal pitchers on their head with lit the fire up to 9 pitchers as they dance nimbly, pirouetting and then swaying with the soles of their feet perched on the top of a glass or on the edge of the sword. There is a sense of cutting-edge suspense and nail-biting acts in the dance.
  The accompaniment to the dance is provided by the male performers singing melodious songs and playing a number of musical instruments, which include pakhawaj, dholak, jhanjhar, sarangi, and harmonium.
context_section_description: Bhavai is a genre of folk dance popular in Rajasthan state in western India. The male or female performers balance a number of earthen pots or brass/metal pitchers as they dance nimbly, pirouetting and then swaying with the soles of their feet perched on the top of a glass bottles, on the edge of the sword, on the rim of a brass/metal thali (plate) and on the broken glass during the performance.
  The famous Bhavai dancer of india Miss Navya Bhatnagar 11 year old lives in Bikaner(Rajasthan).  The first Bhavai Dancer of India was Mrs. Krishna Vyas Chhangani, who born in Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
  The Dance form consists of veiled women dancers balancing up to 22 brass/metal pitchers on their head with lit the fire up to 9 pitchers as they dance nimbly, pirouetting and then swaying with the soles of their feet perched on the top of a glass or on the edge of the sword. There is a sense of cutting-edge suspense and nail-biting acts in the dance.
  The accompaniment to the dance is provided by the male performers singing melodious songs and playing a number of musical instruments, which include pakhawaj, dholak, jhanjhar, sarangi, and harmonium.
caption: Bhavai performance
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