A Study on Indian Folk Dances

Abstract

Folk dances are dances of ordinary people and mostly are traditional in nature. Depending upon customs, every village has its own folk dances performed on specific occasions such as the birth of a child, to celebrate the arrival of new seasons, weddings and festivals. Therefore, folk dances can be classified, as harvest dances, celebration of arriving season, ceremony based dance such as wedding dances, dances that are performed exclusively to show joy and happiness, ritualistic dance etc.