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Chhattisgarh Danda Dance: Danda dance is the folk dance of Chhattisgarh state, this dance is also called ‘Saila dance’ and “Kui Naach”, it is the most artistic and group dance among the youth, rhythm has special importance in Danda dance.
Chhattisgarh Danda Dance: Danda dance is a folk dance of Chhattisgarh state, this dance is also called ‘Saila dance’ and “Kui Naach”, it is the most artistic and group dance among the youth, rhythm has special importance in Danda dance, because in it the rhythm is created by the fast hitting of the sticks. This is the reason why this dance is called ‘Danda Nritya’ in the plains and ‘Saila Nritya’ in the hilly parts. The number of dancers in this dance ranges from 20 to 50. Who live in traditional costumes of Chhattisgarh.
District Level Youth Festival
In the district level youth festival Janjgir, Danda dance is performed as a folk dance which is also known as Dandanach, and this Danda dance is performed when the entire crop of the farmer is ripe and harvested. After that they start the Danda with Dev Uthani, which is also known as Tulsi Vivah. At this time, people go from village to village and perform Danda dance (Chherchhera Kootte) in return of which the farmers give paddy, money and cowries as donations, and told that we have learned the Danda dance from our ancestors, that they should dance in the same manner) and jump, we are now teaching it to small children, and these are known as folk dances.
Folk dance on the verge of extinction
People were forgetting this Danda dance and this folk dance was on the verge of extinction which we are now highlighting, he told the people of Chhattisgarh that every group in every village should practice Danda daily, this is our traditional culture of Chhattisgarh, Panthi, Sua, Karma, Dadriya should highlight everything so that the culture of our Chhattisgarh moves forward.
Rajesh Kashyap, who is doing Danda dance, said that Danda dance is mainly performed in a group, which is done in a circular shape, or in a straight long shape. The members of the dancing group have one or two bamboo sticks in their hands. At the beginning of the dance, the dance rhythm is set among themselves, then when the one giving the cackle gives the cackle, the dance is performed along with musical singing. The youth dancing with the stick hold it in their hands and swing it in a circle and hit each other’s sticks. When the stick is hit, a very pleasant sound comes out, listening to which gives a great pleasure. In this Danda dance, the main character is the one who gives the kuhki, the rhythm is created by his kuhki.
