Jhumair

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]

Jhumair dance by Tea-tribes of Assam
This article is about a folk dance of east India. For its eponymous music, see Jhumar song. For other uses, see Jhumair (disambiguation).

Varieties

The Jhumair/Jhumar from different region vary from each other in style.[9][5] There are variety of Jhumar in the region of Chotanagpur such as:

Notable exponent

See also

References
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  2. "Jhumur Song: a Geo – Environmental Analysis - Ignited Minds Journals". ignited.in. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
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  4. Sinha, Manik Lal (1974). Jhumar of the West Bengal highlands. Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
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  6. "talk on nagpuri folk music at ignca". daily Pioneer.
  7. Manish Ranjan (2022). JHARKHAND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2021. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 9789354883002.
  8. "अब नहीं दिखती फाग और झूमर नृत्य, खो रही है अपनी धाक". prabhatkhabar. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  9. Stephen Blum; Philip Vilas Bohlman; Daniel M. Neuman (1993). Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History. University of Illinois Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-252-06343-5.
  10. "करम महोत्सव में बोले विधायक लंबोदर महतो, भाषा व संस्कृति है झारखंड की मूल पहचान". prabhatkhabar. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  11. "मनसा पूजा पर देवगांव में झूमर संध्या का आयोजन, संतोष व उर्मिला ने समां बांधा, झूमे दर्शक". lagatar. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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