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Khoria Dance, Haryana
The Khoria folk dance is very much popular women dance in the Indian State of Haryana.

Khoria DanceIn the actual performance of the Khoria Dance in Haryana , the women & girls enter in the dancing place and stand in a circle, while singing a folk song. For this dance, the performers wear full gold-work skirts and colored chunries and heavy rustic jewelry. The simple movements acquire form and color with the swirling and these steps later increases the tempo. Until, two or three pairs of the girls break from the ring into the center with their arms joined and crossed together, swirling on the axis of their feet, while the girls in the ring, clap to the beat of the drum. In final stage, the dance is performed mainly around the circumference.

The Khoria dance of Haryana is also performed on occasion of marriage. This is usually performed during the long wait for the bridegroom to bring his new bride home. During this theme of dance, the women mime the entire wedding ceremony, in the performance. By this dance, the women also pray for the safe return of the marriage family along with the newly wedded couple. The women stay awake the entire night for the dance for protecting their houses, as the men folk are all away to the bride`s house. However, all the young children are kept away from this dance, due to its vulgar nature.

(Last Updated on : 5/01/2009)
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