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    The document discusses various folk dances from the three main ethnic communities in Sikkim - Lepcha, Bhutia, and Nepalis. It describes some popular dances like the Maruni dance performed by Nepali communities, the Chu-Faat ritualistic dance honoring Mount Khangchendzonga, and the Kagyed Chham ritualistic New Year dance of Bhutia communities. It also mentions dances that celebrate harvest seasons and involve traditional instruments like the Chyap-Brung drum. Overall, the folk dances depict local culture and nature, and are performed during festivals and celebrations.

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    The document discusses various folk dances from the three main ethnic communities in Sikkim - Lepcha, Bhutia, and Nepalis. It describes some popular dances like the Maruni dance performed by Nepali communities, the Chu-Faat ritualistic dance honoring Mount Khangchendzonga, and the Kagyed Chham ritualistic New Year dance of Bhutia communities. It also mentions dances that celebrate harvest seasons and involve traditional instruments like the Chyap-Brung drum. Overall, the folk dances depict local culture and nature, and are performed during festivals and celebrations.

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    The document discusses various folk dances from the three main ethnic communities in Sikkim - Lepcha, Bhutia, and Nepalis. It describes some popular dances like the Maruni dance performed by Nepali communities, the Chu-Faat ritualistic dance honoring Mount Khangchendzonga, and the Kagyed Chham ritualistic New Year dance of Bhutia communities. It also mentions dances that celebrate harvest seasons and involve traditional instruments like the Chyap-Brung drum. Overall, the folk dances depict local culture and nature, and are performed during festivals and celebrations.

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    Folk Dances in Sikkim

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    The document discusses various folk dances from the three main ethnic communities in Sikkim - Lepcha, Bhutia, and Nepalis. It describes some popular dances like the Maruni dance performed by Nepali communities, the Chu-Faat ritualistic dance honoring Mount Khangchendzonga, and the Kagyed Chham ritualistic New Year dance of Bhutia communities. It also mentions dances that celebrate harvest seasons and involve traditional instruments like the Chyap-Brung drum. Overall, the folk dances depict local culture and nature, and are performed during festivals and celebrations.

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    FOLK DANCES IN SIKKIM

    •THE THREE ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, LEPCHA, BHUTIA AND


    NEPALIS CONSTITUTE THE FOLK DANCES AND SONGS WHICH
    ARE AN INGRAINED PART OF SIKKIMESE CULTURE. THIS MUSIC
    AND FOLK DANCES RELATE TO THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL
    SURROUNDINGS, DEPICTING THE HARVEST SEASON AND ARE
    PERFORMED FOR GOOD LUCK AND PROSPERITY. SOME OF THE
    POPULAR MUSIC AND FOLK DANCES ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.
    •NEPALI FOLK DANCE “MARUNI” – IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST
    AND POPULAR GROUP DANCE FORM OF THE NEPALI
    COMMUNITY, USUALLY PERFORMED BY THREE MALE DANCERS
    AND THE THREE FEMALE DANCERS. THE DANCERS ARE
    USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY A CLOWN CALLED “DHATU
    WARAY”. SOMETIMES MARUNI DANCES ARE PERFORMED TO
    THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF THE NINE INSTRUMENT ORCHESTRA
    KNOWN AS “NAU-MATI BAJA”.
    Literal meaning of Chu is Snowy Range,
    while that of Faat is Worship.This
    group folk dance is performed in the
    honour of Mount Khangchendzonga,
    the guardian deity of the Sikkimese
    people. The dancers while carrying
    butter lamps and green bamboo leaves
    perform a ritualistic dance by singing
    devotional songs.
     

    Through this romantic group dance,


    performed by a group of male and
    female dancers, joys of life and feeling
    of happiness is shared during the
    harvesting season and on some other
    happy occasions.
    Chyap-Brung is the traditional musical
    instrument of the Limboo community.
    It is like a Dholak in shape but much
    bigger in size. During the course of
    group dance, male dancers hang the
    instrument around their necks with the
    help of a rope and beat the drum with
    an open palm on one side and a stick
    on the other. Such a manoeuvre
    produces two different sounds which
    echo boldly in valleys and mountains.

    This group dance comprising of


    boys and girls is performed to
    pay homage to the past saints
    such as Guru Rimpoche and
    present saints in order to get
    their belssings.the musical
    instruments which support the
    graceful steps of the dancers
    are:Flute ,Yangjey ,Drum, and
    Yarka.
    Kagyed actually means the oral transmission
    of the eight Tantric Gods found in Tantric
    Buddhism. Kagyed Chham is a word of Bhutia
    origin. ‘Ka’ means ‘oral
    transmission’, ‘Gyed’ means
    ‘eight’ and ‘Chham’ means ritualistic dance.
    This ritualistic dance is held every year in
    various Sikkimese Monastery. It is a time of
    celebration for the Bhutias as they welcome
    the New Year. They visit the monasteries and
    offer prayers by lighting butter lamps and
    offering cash and kinds to the monasteries.

    In this beautiful group dance of Damai


    community nine kinds of musical
    instruments are used to perfection.
    These are two types of Senai
    ( Shehnai), Turhi, small and big,
    Damaha (Nagara) of two types,
    Tuyamko (Small Dhol) of two types,
    Dholki and Jhyamta (cymbal). The
    Naumati Baja is a regular feature
    during the wedding and other
    auspicious occasions.
    -Name-Arjun Gupta
    Class-XE
    Subject-English
    Roll no.-04
    Adm. no.-9209

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