The Karma Naach by the Gond adivasi's of Mawai in Mandla District of Madhya Pradesh.

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  • čas přidán 28. 02. 2019
  • Who are the Gond tribals of the twenty-first century?
    Today we'll introduce you to karma, one of their music and dance forms. Their other songs are the Shaila, Reena, Dadra, Dadariya. (But you'll have to wait for a few days for those!)
    Karma, the traditional dance of the Gond and Baiga adivasis of central India, is performed out in the fields in an area known as ‘kharna’. Men wear a dhoti and kurta, with a pheta adorned with a kalangi, which is a traditional headgear made of peacock feathers, wool, and mahua gatta. The women wear “dhotiya” with blouses. The maandar and timki, the traditional instruments of the Gond tribe, are played.
    “We adivasis start dancing the karma after navakhana. Navakhana is a festival where we offer fresh foodgrains to our gods,” says Shobharam Paraste (35), a social worker based in Mawai.
    Karma dances always begin with the sarseti dance of this video. In this song, the adivasis are singing in a mix of Gondi, Chattisgarhi, and Chetri languages. The song invites the gods to grace them with their presence in the kharna.
    “Karma dances also have an interesting cultural context for us. They are used by men and women to communicate to decide the dates and times of clandestine meetings. These details are communicated through song and dance,” shares Rukmini Sureshwar, a 25-year-old social worker from Sunehra, Mandla,says Rukmini.
    At times, the dancing goes on all night. Once the monsoon starts, it’s the end of the karma dance season.
    This sarseti dance was recorded at the annual meeting of the Moolvasi Seva Sangh, on the banks of the Halon river in Sijhora, Mandla.

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