Chaap Explained

Chaap
Native Name:چاپ (Balochi)
Genre:Folk dance
Instruments:Sorna, Dohol, Nar Sur, Suroz, Naal, Taboora

Chaap (Balochi:) is a traditional folk dance of Baloch people in Balochistan.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Chaap dance is performed in circle with a rhythmic clapping.[6] [7]

It is also identified by the number of claps in a recurring grouping (do chapi, se chapi, char chapi).[8]

Do-Chapi

Do-Chapi(Balochi:) is a balochi[9] dance mostly performed by forming a circle by a group of people, dancing and clapping.[10] and some cases sticks or swords.[11]

It mostly performed by forming a circle by a group of people, dancing and clapping. Do-Chapi almost always includes Sorna and Dohol.[12]

Women's dancing is a little different from men's, they walk two steps behind during the dance and repeat their steps with a slight movement in a circle while clapping.[13]

Background

Chaap is a Balochi word that means clapping,[14] and the dance is called nach in Balochi.[15] Most of Balochi dances include clappings (Chaps). Every dance include unique style of clappings with different body movements in the circle. Balochi dances are performed separately by men and women in big circle while dance together with clappings.[16]

Various types of ‘Chaap’ include Balochi Lewa, Hambo and Latti.Chaap is often performed when many musical instruments exclusive to the Balochi culture and balochi music, like Nar Sur, Suroz, Naal and Taboora are played.[17]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Abbas . Huma Jalil . Pakistan the land and its culture . 2006 . 48. Pakistan National Council of the Arts . 978-969-450-052-2 .
  2. Book: Dil . Anwar . Perspectives on Pakistan . 1965 . 202. Bookservice .
  3. News: People performing Balochi dance during function to mark Baloch Culture Day . 2 March 2022.
  4. News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's Staff . 'Baloch culture day' celebrated . DAWN.COM . 3 March 2013 . en.
  5. News: Culture Day festivities in Balochistan . 2 March 2018.
  6. News: Baloch traditions: Food, games and dances you didn't know of - LifeStyle . Dunya News.
  7. News: An unexpected artist: Seeing beauty in the broken . The Express Tribune . 12 January 2014 . en.
  8. Web site: The Performance and Patronage of Baloch Culture through Music (and Related Arts) in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula. January 2020 . Numsi . G. .
  9. Book: Claus & Diamond & Ann Mills . Peter J & Sarah & Ann Mills . South Asian Folklore . 2003 . 43. Taylor & Francis . 978-0-415-93919-5 .
  10. Web site: The uniqueness of the special dance called Dho Chapi performed at the end of a wedding. 26 March 2019.
  11. Web site: The Performance and Patronage of Baloch Culture through Music (and Related Arts) in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula. January 2020 . Numsi . G. .
  12. Web site: دوچاپی آیینی ماندگار در سیستان و بلوچستان . 22 December 2023 . 14 August 2018 . fa-IR.
  13. Web site: The infectious Baloch dance. 17 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321144228/https://dailytimes.com.pk/366502/the-infectious-baloch-dance/ . 2022-03-21 .
  14. Book: Dames . Mansel Longworth . A text book of the Balochi language : consisting of miscellaneous stories, legends, poems and Balochi-English vocabulary. 1922 . 32.
  15. Web site: 2019-12-24 . آشنایی با موسیقی نواحی سیستان و بلوچستان . Getting to know the music of Sistan and Baluchistan. Hamshahri. fa.
  16. Book: Dashti . Naseer. In a Baloch Perspective. 11. 2007. Asaap Publications. 9789699149009.
  17. News: The infectious Baloch dance . Daily Times . 17 March 2019 . 21 March 2022 . 21 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321144228/https://dailytimes.com.pk/366502/the-infectious-baloch-dance/ . dead .

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