kacchi ghori
dance
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Indian folk dancing
- In South Asian arts: Folk dance
Especially spectacular are the kachchi ghori dancers of this region. Equipped with shields and long swords, the upper part of their bodies each arrayed in the traditional attire of a bridegroom and the lower part concealed by a brilliant-coloured papier-mâché horse built up on a bamboo frame, they enact…
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Rājasthāni culture
- In Rajasthan: Dance
…dance for women; and the kacchi ghori, in which male dancers ride dummy horses. Performances of khyal, a type of dance-drama composed in verse with celebratory, historical, or romantic themes, is also widely popular.
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