Mardani Jhumar

Mardani Jhumar( also Mardana Jhumar) is a Nagpuri folk dance performed by men in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.^[1][2][3] It is performed after harvest in fair.^[4][5] Men wear ghongroo, hold sword, shield and dance in a circle by holding each other's hand. Musical instruments used in this dance are mandar, nagara, dhak and Shehnai or bansi. The dance movement reflects masculine energy.^[6] Sometimes women dancers accompany them, who are known as Nacni.^[7]

References

1. Professor at Folklore Institute and African Studies and Adjunct Professor School of Music Ruth M Stone (1998). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent. Taylor & Francis. pp. 371–. ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1.
2. Stephen Blum; Philip Vilas Bohlman; Daniel M. Neuman (1993). Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History. University of Illinois Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-252-06343-5.
3. "Mardani Jhumar". Jharkhandculture. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
4. Manish Ranjan (2022). Jharkhand General Knowledge 2022. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 4.10. ISBN 978-9354883002.
5. "Nagpuri harvest songs and instrumental music – Maharashtra". 10 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
6. "Mardana Jhumar Dance in India". india9.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
7. Babiracki, Carol M. (2008), "Between Life History and Performance: Sundari Devi and the Art of Allusion", Ethnomusicology, 52:1: 1–5, doi:10.2307/20174564, JSTOR 20174564, S2CID 193412396