Indian Classical & Folk Dances : āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āϞ⧋āĻ•āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš


1. Kuchipudi Dance : Andhra Pradesh - āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āĻĄā§€ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āφāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļ


Kuchipudi is a classical dance form of Andhra Pradesh. It originated in the village of Kuchipudi and is known for graceful movements, expressions, and storytelling based on Hindu epics. āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āĻĄā§€ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§° āĻāϟāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ āχ āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āĻĄā§€ āĻ—āĻžāĻā§ąā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀, āĻ­āĻžā§ą-āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€ āφ⧰⧁ āϏ⧌āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°ā§āϝāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ­āĻ‚āϗ⧀⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤


2. Kathakali Dance : Kerala - āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞāĻŋ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āϕ⧇⧰āĻžāϞāĻž


Kathakali is a famous classical dance of Kerala. It uses colorful face makeup, heavy costumes, and eye movements to present stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata.


āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧇⧰āĻžāϞāĻžā§° āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ ā§°āϙ⧀āύ āĻŽā§āĻ–āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻĒā§‹āĻ›āĻžāĻ• āφ⧰⧁ āϚāϕ⧁⧰ āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§° āϜ⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖ-āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āĻ“ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


3. Garba Dance : Gujarat - āĻ—āĻžā§°āĻŦāĻž āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āϗ⧁āϜ⧰āĻžāϟ


Garba is a popular folk dance of Gujarat performed during the Navratri festival. It is done in a circular movement to worship Goddess Durga.


āĻ—āĻžā§°āĻŦāĻž āϗ⧁āϜ⧰āĻžāϟ⧰ āĻāϟāĻž āϜāύāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϞ⧋āĻ•āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻ¨ā§ąā§°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§€ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ—āĻžā§° āĻĒā§‚āϜāĻžāϤ āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§°āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻāχ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


4. Dandiya Raas : Gujarat - āĻĄāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āĻžāϏ : āϗ⧁āϜ⧰āĻžāϟ


Dandiya Raas is a joyful dance performed with sticks. It represents the victory of good over evil and is popular during Navratri.


āĻĄāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āĻžāϏ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ āχ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϜāϝāĻŧā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤ⧀āĻ•āĨ¤


5. Lavani Dance : Maharashtra - āϞāĻžāĻ­āύ⧀ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āĻŽāĻšāĻžā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°


Lavani is a fast and energetic folk dance of Maharashtra. It is performed to powerful music and expresses social themes.


āϞāĻžāĻ­āύ⧀ āĻŽāĻšāĻžā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§° āĻāϟāĻž āϤ⧀āĻŦā§ā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āϞ⧋āĻ•āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ āχ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϜ āφ⧰⧁ āĻœā§€ā§ąāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ⧰ āϜ⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


6. Garhwali Dance : Uttarakhand - āĻ—āĻĸāĻŧā§ąāĻžāϞ⧀ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄ


Garhwali dance represents the culture and traditions of Uttarakhand. It is mainly performed during festivals.


āĻ—āĻĸāĻŧā§ąāĻžāϞ⧀ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύāĨ¤ āĻāχ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąāϤ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


7. Rauf Dance : Jammu & Kashmir - ā§°āωāĻĢ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āϜāĻŽā§āĻŽā§ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻžāĻļā§āĻŽā§€ā§°


Rauf dance is a traditional dance of Jammu and Kashmir, performed mostly by women during spring and religious festivals.


ā§°āωāĻĢ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āϜāĻŽā§āĻŽā§-āĻ•āĻžāĻļā§āĻŽā§€ā§°ā§° āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻ—āϤ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ āχ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻ•āϞ⧇ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


8. Nongkrem Dance : Meghalaya - āύāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻžāϞ⧟


Nongkrem dance is performed by the Khasi tribe of Meghalaya to thank God for a good harvest.


āύāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āĻ–āĻžāϚāĻŋ āϜāύāĻ—ā§‹āĻˇā§āϠ⧀⧰ āĻĢāϚāϞ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąā§° āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ āχ āψāĻļā§āĻŦā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


9. Giddha Dance : Punjab - āĻ—āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻž āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŦ


Giddha is a lively folk dance of Punjab performed by women. It expresses happiness and daily life through songs.


āĻ—āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŦā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻāϟāĻž āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞ⧋āĻ•āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻ—ā§€āϤ⧰ āϜ⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻœā§€ā§ąāύ⧰ āϏ⧁āĻ– āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


10. Ghoomar Dance : Rajasthan - āϘ⧁āĻŽā§° āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : ā§°āĻžāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ


Ghoomar is a traditional dance of Rajasthan performed by women wearing long flowing skirts.


āϘ⧁āĻŽā§° āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻ—āϤ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ, āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻļā§€āϞ āϘāĻžāϘ⧰āĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


11. Cheraw Dance : Mizoram - āĻšā§‡ā§°āĻžāĻ“ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āĻŽāĻŋāĻœā§‹ā§°āĻžāĻŽ


Cheraw dance is also known as Bamboo Dance. Dancers step rhythmically between bamboo sticks.


āĻšā§‡ā§°āĻžāĻ“ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāρāĻš āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžā§°āϏāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻšā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡ā§°ā§‡ āϤāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻžāχ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


12. Sattriya Dance : Assam - āϏāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ : āĻ…āϏāĻŽ


Sattriya is a classical dance of Assam introduced by Srimanta Sankardev as part of Vaishnavite culture.


āϏāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻļā§ā§°ā§€āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻ‚āϕ⧰āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§‡ āĻŦ⧈āĻˇā§āĻŖā§ą āĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽā§° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϚāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤