Gulabo Sapera Explained

Gulabo Sapera
Birth Place:	Rajasthan, India
Occupation:	Dancer
Spouse:	Sohan Nath
Yearsactive:	1980–present

Gulabo Sapera (a.k.a. Gulabo or Dhanvantri; born 1973) is an Indian dancer from Rajasthan, India.^[1]

Personal life

Gulabo was born in 1973 in the nomadic Kalbaliya community. She was the seventh child of her parents.^[2] Gulabo Sapera became a celebrity dancer later in life.^[3]

In 2011, Gulabo featured in the reality television show Bigg Boss as contestant no. 12.^[4] On the show, she told the audience that she had been buried alive right after her birth, to be rescued by her mother and aunt.

Awards

• The Government of India awarded her the Padma Shri in 2016.^[5]
• Bharat Gaurav Award 2021^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: गुलाबो ने कहा, नहीं करेंगे सरकारी कार्यक्रम . . hi . 2011-04-22 . 2011-10-04 . 13 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111013194030/http://www.bhaskar.com/article/c-10-1273826-2042257.html . dead .
2. Thierry Robin and Véronique Guillien (2000) Gulabi Sapera, danseuse gitane du Rajasthan,
3. News: Soparrkar . Sandip . Kalbeliya dancer who charms . 4 May 2020 . The Asian Age . 28 September 2017.
4. News: Jonty Rhodes and Navjot Singh Sidhu may still join Bigg Boss 5 . 3 October 2011 . DailyBhaskar.com . 16 January 2020.
5. Web site: Padma Awards 2016 . Press Information Bureau, Government of India . 2016 . 2 February 2016.
6. Web site: Bharat Gaurav Award . Bharatgauravaward.com.