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Jhumair dance by Tea-tribes of Assam

Jhumair or Jhumar is an Indian folk dance from the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal.[1][2][3] It is folk dance of Sadan.[4][5][6][7]

Varieties[edit | edit source]

There are variety of Jhumar in the region of Chotanagpur such as:

The Jhumair/Jhumar from different region vary from each other in style.[10][5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Jhumar of the West Bengal highlands". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Jhumur Song: a Geo – Environmental Analysis - Ignited Minds Journals". ignited.in. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  3. ↑ "Jhumur and Nachni in the Folk Songs of Purulia". hdl:10603/300904.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ Hoffmann, Johann; Emelen, Arthur Van (1950). "Encyclopædia Mundarica, Volume 2". books.google.com.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Out of the Dark". democratic world.
  6. ↑ "talk on nagpuri folk music at ignca". daily Pioneer.
  7. ↑ "अब नहीं दिखती फाग और झूमर नृत्य, खो रही है अपनी धाक". prabhatkhabar. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "मनसा पूजा पर देवगांव में झूमर संध्या का आयोजन, संतोष व उर्मिला ने समां बांधा, झूमे दर्शक". lagatar. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "करम महोत्सव में बोले विधायक लंबोदर महतो, भाषा व संस्कृति है झारखंड की मूल पहचान". prabhatkhabar. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  10. ↑ 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.