Goria dance

Goria dance or Garia dance is a dance of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura.^[1] It is performed during Goria puja, the festival to celebrate the sowing of new crops and prayer for a good harvest during the month of Baisakha. In the western calendar, the dancing occurs after the middle of April.^[2] As well as the Tripuri people themselves, the dance also occurs amongst neighbouring peoples of Tripuri such as the Jamatia, Reang and Noatia.^[3] Both sexes take part in the dance accompanied by drums and flutes.^[3] The dance begins with a slow rhythm, gradually increasing in tempo as the dance progresses from one village to another. It involves many hand movements and some whirling. The dancers also sing in chorus. There are more than two-dozen mudra (movements) in the dance many of which represent the movements of animals and birds or other features of nature.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ "Garia dance or Garia mwsamung". Tripura.org.in. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
↑ S.C. Bhatt, Gopal K. Bhargava (eds), Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: Volume 26: Tripura, p. 180, Kalpaz Publications, 2006 ISBN 8178353822.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Debapriya Deb Barman, Treatise on Traditional Social Institutions of the Tripuri Community, p. 104, Directorate of Research, Department of Welfare for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes, Government of Tripura, 1984 OCLC 610605741
↑ Surajit Debbarma, "Folk music and dances of Tripura: with special reference to Tripura tribe", The Creative Launcher, vol. 2, iss. 3, August 2017 ISSN 2455-6580

External links[edit]

"Goria dance". Kokdictionary.com. Includes lyrics and music audio.

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[1] "Garia dance or Garia mwsamung". Tripura.org.in. Retrieved 24 January 2012.

[2] S.C. Bhatt, Gopal K. Bhargava (eds), Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: Volume 26: Tripura, p. 180, Kalpaz Publications, 2006 ISBN 8178353822.

[Barman104-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Debapriya Deb Barman, Treatise on Traditional Social Institutions of the Tripuri Community, p. 104, Directorate of Research, Department of Welfare for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes, Government of Tripura, 1984 OCLC 610605741

[4] Surajit Debbarma, "Folk music and dances of Tripura: with special reference to Tripura tribe", The Creative Launcher, vol. 2, iss. 3, August 2017 ISSN 2455-6580

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