Jhumair Explained
Jhumair or Jhumar is an Indian folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal.[1] [2] [3] [4] It is folk dance of Sadan, the Indo-Aryan ethnic groups of Chotanagpur.[5] [6] [7] It is mainly performed during harvest season.[8] The musical instruments used are Mandar, Dhol, Nagara, Bansuri.[5] This dance style consists of performers standing in a row holding hands, singings couplets, swaying their bodies, clapping their hands and occasionally adding timed jumps.[9]
Varieties
The Jhumair/Jhumar from different region vary from each other in style.[10] [5] There are variety of Jhumar in the region of Chotanagpur such as:
Notable exponent
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Jhumar of the West Bengal highlands . 2022-03-25 . INDIAN CULTURE . en.
- Web site: Jhumur Song: a Geo – Environmental Analysis - Ignited Minds Journals . 2022-03-25 . ignited.in . en-us.
- Web site: Jhumur and Nachni in the Folk Songs of Purulia . 10603/300904 .
- Book: Sinha, Manik Lal . Jhumar of the West Bengal highlands . 1974 . Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
- Web site: Out of the Dark. democratic world.
- News: talk on nagpuri folk music at ignca. daily Pioneer.
- Book: JHARKHAND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2021. Manish Ranjan. Prabhat Prakashan. 2022. 9789354883002.
- News: अब नहीं दिखती फाग और झूमर नृत्य, खो रही है अपनी धाक. prabhatkhabar. 29 March 2021. 6 April 2022.
- Book: Gupta, Shobhna . Dances of India . 2002 . Har-Anand Publications . 978-81-241-0866-6 . en.
- Book: Stephen Blum. Philip Vilas Bohlman. Daniel M. Neuman. Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History. 1993. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-06343-5. 224–.
- News: करम महोत्सव में बोले विधायक लंबोदर महतो, भाषा व संस्कृति है झारखंड की मूल पहचान. prabhatkhabar. 17 September 2021. 6 April 2022.
- News: मनसा पूजा पर देवगांव में झूमर संध्या का आयोजन, संतोष व उर्मिला ने समां बांधा, झूमे दर्शक. lagatar. 20 September 2021. 6 April 2022.
