Yellowstone National Park, USA

Yellowstone National Park is a national park located primarily in USA. Yellowstone, widely held to be the first national park in the world, is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful Geyser, one of the most popular features in the park. The main attractions are all located on the grand loop road and here are some of the top reasons to visit the park. This site has a lot of the information you need for your trip and you may also consider our dvd "The Wonders of Yellowstone" to help you plan your visit.

Points to Remember:

1. Country: USA

2. World's First National Park

3. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Rajasthani Folk dances - Complete List

Rajasthani Folk dances - Complete List: Folk dances in Rajasthan are simple dances, and are performed to express joy. Folk dances of Rajasthan derived from various folk art cultures. Folk dances are performed for every possible occasion, to celebrate the arrival of seasons, birth of a child, a wedding, Festivals, Fairs and other auspicious occasions.  The dances are extremely simple with minimum of steps or movement.  Apart from the simple expressions and daring movements that add beauty to the dances, there are the vibrant and colorful costumes adorned by the dancers. The folk dances, found in limitless variations in Rajasthan, punctuate Rajasthan`s barrenness, turning the land into a fertile basin of colour and creativity and are an expression of human emotion as much as the folk music. Each region in Rajasthan has its own dance varieties and these dances stick strictly to their traditional flavors. Here is Complete List of Main Folk Dances of Rajasthan.

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Main Types of Folk Dances in Rajasthan:
1. Ghoomar Dance of Rajasthan
2. Kalbelia Dance of Rajasthan
3. Kachhi Ghodi Dance of Rajasthan
4. Bhawai Dance of Rajasthan
5. Terah taali Dance of Rajasthan
6. Gowari Dance of Rajasthan
7. Chari Dance of Rajasthan
8. Gair Dance of Rajasthan
9. Kathputli Dance of Rajasthan
10. Drum Dance of Rajasthan
11. Fire Dance of Rajasthan
12. Panihari Dance of Rajasthan
13. Dandiya Dance of Rajasthan

Chari Dance, Rajasthan

Chari Dance, Rajasthan: Chari is a dance form with effortless hand and foot movements while balancing brass pots kept on the heads of the dancers. Often the dancers keep ignited cottonseed on the brass pot to provide a special effect to the dance. Dancers while balancing brass pots on their heads perform various steps & dance to gain perfect patterns of movements with their hands.

Gair Dance, Rajasthan

Gair Dance, Rajasthan: Gair dance is performed by men during Holi festival. Gair Dance is popular in mewar and Barmer. The dancers move is first in clockwise then anti clockwise directions beating their sticks to create the rhythm when they turn. Phagun Aayo re is a Popular song of this dance

Kathputli Dance, Rajasthan

Kathputli Dance, Rajasthan: Kathputli Dance means the dances of puppets. It is a traditional dance of Indian state of Rajasthan. Through the puppet shows all the real stories of great herons have been told from village to another.

Drum Dance, Rajasthan

Drum Dance, Rajasthan: It is a professional dance-form of Jalore region of Rajasthan, where only the men participants can perform. In this dance, five men beat huge drums that are tied around their necks; a dancer, which holds huge cymbals in their hands, also accompanies them. For an additional effect, some member holds naked sword in his mouth

 

Fire Dance, Rajasthan

Fire Dance, Rajasthan: This is an extremely difficult dance to perform which is carried out by the Banjara community. The dance involves breathtaking fire stunts wherein the dancers perform by holding fire rods in their hands and filling up their mouths with kerosene. The stirring fire dance is performed by the `jasnathis` of Bikaner and Churu districts.This dance is example of Jasnathis`s life style. These devotional dances can be seen only in late nights.