| Cheraw dance | |
| Genre: | Folk dance |
| Origin: | India |
Cheraw dance is a traditional bamboo dance performed by the Mizo people of Mizoram, India, consisting of mostly six to eight people holding pairs of bamboo staves on another horizontally placed bamboo on the ground. The male performers then clap the bamboos rhythmically while groups of female dancers dance in intricate steps between the beating bamboo.
Later practice of Cheraw is accompanied by accordion, mandolin and guitar played in non traditional clothes.[1]
The common costumes worn by the performers during the Cheraw dance include:
Women
Men
All these traditional costumes of Cheraw Dance come in vibrant colors that further brighten up the surrounding environment.