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  2. Keisabadi - Wikipedia

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    Keisabadi is a type of dance performed in Odisha. This type of dance is performed only by men. During the dance, people sing in Sambalpuri. In every stanza, ...

  3. Folk dance forms of Odisha - Wikipedia

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    Keisabadi: Only men can take part in this form of the Sambalpuri folk dance. Some of them holding a stick two feet in length. They dance in different forms by striking the sticks according to the rhythms of the song they sing. The leader sings first and others follow him. They sing and in every stanza they shout "Haido".

  4. List of folk dances of Odisha - Wikipedia

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    For example, Jatra, Chhau dance and Ravana Chhaya can be considered a single dance style or a family of related dances. The purpose of the page is to have as complete an index as possible. The purpose of the page is to have as complete an index as possible.

  5. List of Indian folk dances - Wikipedia

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    Jhumar is a popular dance, performed during the harvest season and its festival. Mardani Jhumar, a Nagpuri dance, is primarily performed by men. Janani Jhumar is a Nagpuri dance mainly performed by women. Domkach is a dance performed during a marriage ceremony by the bride and groom's family. Fagua is performed during the festival of Holi. [21]

  6. Dhaneswar Swain - Wikipedia

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    He is known for his rhythm compositions for Odissi dance and has created music for a number of choreographic works such as Panchadeva Stuti, Dasamahavidya, Yuge Yuge Jagannatha, Sristi o Pralaya, Sapta Tala, Mana Madhuri, Gita Govinda, Tala Madhurya, Sabda Nrutya, Abartana Bibartana, Badya Madhuri, Jagyansenu, Varsha Abhisara, Krupanidhana, etc.

  7. Paika akhada - Wikipedia

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    Today's paika akhada are used for practicing the traditional physical exercises in addition to the paika dance, a performance art with rhythmic movements and weapons being hit in time to the drum. It incorporates acrobatic manoeuvres and use of the khanda (straight sword) , patta (guantlet-sword) , sticks, and other weapons.

  8. Mardala - Wikipedia

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    The Mardala used to be the accompanying instrument to the Mahari dance, the ancestor of present-day Odissi dance, one of the major classical dance forms of India. In hundreds of Kalingan temples across the state of Odisha, including famous shrines such as Mukteswara and Konarka , the Mardala features prominently, usually in a niche of an ...

  9. Odissi music - Wikipedia

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    The Mardala used to be the accompanying instrument to the Mahari dance, the ancestor of present-day Odissi dance, one of the major classical dance forms of India. In hundreds of Kalingan temples across the state of Odisha, including famous shrines such as Mukteswara and Konarka , the Mardala features prominently, usually in a niche of an ...