BHOJPURI: Although Nepal is very small country it has different diversity,living in a same community with peace. Meanwhile, one of the popular community originated from the district of southern part of Bhojpure (Terai) situated in the eastern development region of Nepal called Bhojpuri have their own culture, language and tradition. So, this dance is performed by Bhojpure and it is very popular on southern most part of Nepal; similar with the Indian culture of northern part.
CHUTKA: Gurung and Magar are very popular for bravery and fighting as well as Gorkha's soldiers world wide. These people are entirely interested for interment frequently in their community. During their interment they perform this Chutka dance by singing. And in various occasions also this dance is performed by the boys and girls in pair. This kind of dance is found mostly in the western part of Nepal.
JHANKRI (witch doctor): Jhankri means the doctor of witch. During the bygone days when there were no medical facilities in the country the sick people used to be taken to the witch doctor to get cured. Even nowadays in the remote village of Nepal this practice is still prevailing. One can see in this dance how the witch doctor cures a patient.
DHIMAL: The fisherman communities (called Majhi in Nepalese word) is popular with the name of DHIMAL lives in terai, the eastern part of Nepal. Their main profession is fishing. Especially during rainy days before going for fishing, these people would like to enjoy with a drink and dance as well as singing. Dhimal community mostly celebrates the festival called "Parbwa" during the month of April. In this festival they performs Dhimal dance.
TAPPA: This dance is popular among the Gurung community in the Rapti Zone in Nepal, especially in the Dang district. The dance starts in a slow key and the tempo gets faster and faster towards the end. It is based on the rhythm or beating of the hand drum, popularly known as Tappa and hence the name of dance is Tappa.
JHIJHIYA: Mithila, once ruled by the illustrious philosopher king Janak during the prehistoric period which was a rich heritage of folk dances. It is a dance performed by a group of young women. It is performed during the great festival of Bijaya Dasami. On their head the performing women carries lanterns (pots made by clay) with several holes and diyos (candles lit by mustard oil) inside, thus allowing light to come through the holes. On the lantern there is a dhakan (a cover made of clay) with fire burning and dried dung cakes. Women dance slowly with lantern on their heads so that the holes can be counted. This dance is said to be influenced by the Tantrik cult and performed mainly to protect people from evil spirits.
KHYALI: The khyali dance has district folk favour. Its mood is one of fun & gaiety as the word "khyali" suggest. In the dance the young people indulge happy banter and romance. It is not unusual for a young man to win his bride at such song and dance contest. It is a practice that if the boy wins the contest he can take the girl as his wife.
DEHATI: This is a very popular dance of Maithali people living in the hot flat land of the southern part of Nepal. Dehat literally means the 'village of plain', which are popularly known as the'Terai'. This dance is especially noted for the movement of the body and facial expressions. It is the romantic dance of spring and autumn festival when the young people attempt to attract each other.
JHYAURE: Based on love theme, it is very popular among the young boys and girls in the western hilly part of Nepal. Jhyaure songs and dances are the way of entertainment in the hilly region of Nepal. This dance is very free and not restricted to any time but during the rice planting season it can be seen. The girls would sing the jhyaure song and boys reply in the same manner. It is very joyful song and is a ritualized love theme.
KOWRAA: This dance is performed by the Magars, a community who inhabit the mid hills of Nepal. The dance is woven around the ever perennial theme of love. It is performed in a spirit of gay abandonment, harmony and joy.
JHANGAR: This dance is very popular in the Terai region of Nepal. This dance is performed in a large group of Jhangar communities. Especially in a day of full moon of August, these people are singing and dancing for the celebration of completed the work in the field organize in full moon day.
CHANCHAR: People from the Tharu community are living in the Terai of western part of Nepal. These people are still living apart from the modern civilization with their own tradition. So, this dance is popular among the charchar cast from the Tharu community, they perform this chanchar dance devoted to the Lord Krishna.
CHYABRUNG: Rai and Limbus are also very popular for bravery and fighting. And these people live in the Northern part of Nepal. Young boys and girls of the Rai and Limbu community performs this Chyabrung dance during their different festival.
RATAULI: This dance is performed in a Rodighar. Rodighar is a short of clubhouse, whereyoung boys and girls of Gurung community gather in the evening and have fun. During their dancing and singing, if boys and girls like each other then, they could get married too. This dance was popular in the mid- western part of Nepal but it is gradually disappearing day by day.
TYANKULI: This dance is performed in the remote area of Nepal during the marriage ceremony. In this dance we can see how the young boys and girls enjoy the marriage ceremony with the music of the instrument called tyamko (like a drum).
KHUKURI DANCE: Khukuri is the famous weapon, which is used by the Gorkha soldiers in every battle. In this dance the dancer shows how the weapon is used during the war for killing the enemies. Gorkhali Soldiers had won the famous medal for bravery, 'Victoria cross' in Second World War by using Khukuri.
ARATI DANCE: The meaning of Arati is, a kind of specially presented prayer through the oil lamp before starting the programme. In the ancient time, this dance was dedicated to 'Natraj'. According to the Hindus Philosophy (shiva puran) the meaning of Natraj is the period of dancing by the Lord Shiva. Therefore, in the Hindu's culture society, people want to present the first dance Arati with the dance of Natraj before starting the program. In this dance lights are put off and dancers come with Diyo in their hand.
YAK DANCE: All knows the fact that Nepal is a land of Yak and it is popular mountain cattle. In this dance a yak boy and yak is shown. Yak is a very lovable animal; people drink its milk, get lots of cheese and also make use of it as goods carrier. This is the only animal, which can carry loads in high altitudes. They are very shelled in mountaineering.
YETI DANCE: Yeti means snow man (man of Himalayas). According to analysis history of snowman, nobody can see the particular snowman although specialists found some of yeti's foot prints in the Himalayas and we believe our expectations of snowman to appear in front of us.
CHUTKA: Gurung and Magar are very popular for bravery and fighting as well as Gorkha's soldiers world wide. These people are entirely interested for interment frequently in their community. During their interment they perform this Chutka dance by singing. And in various occasions also this dance is performed by the boys and girls in pair. This kind of dance is found mostly in the western part of Nepal.
JHANKRI (witch doctor): Jhankri means the doctor of witch. During the bygone days when there were no medical facilities in the country the sick people used to be taken to the witch doctor to get cured. Even nowadays in the remote village of Nepal this practice is still prevailing. One can see in this dance how the witch doctor cures a patient.
DHIMAL: The fisherman communities (called Majhi in Nepalese word) is popular with the name of DHIMAL lives in terai, the eastern part of Nepal. Their main profession is fishing. Especially during rainy days before going for fishing, these people would like to enjoy with a drink and dance as well as singing. Dhimal community mostly celebrates the festival called "Parbwa" during the month of April. In this festival they performs Dhimal dance.
TAPPA: This dance is popular among the Gurung community in the Rapti Zone in Nepal, especially in the Dang district. The dance starts in a slow key and the tempo gets faster and faster towards the end. It is based on the rhythm or beating of the hand drum, popularly known as Tappa and hence the name of dance is Tappa.
JHIJHIYA: Mithila, once ruled by the illustrious philosopher king Janak during the prehistoric period which was a rich heritage of folk dances. It is a dance performed by a group of young women. It is performed during the great festival of Bijaya Dasami. On their head the performing women carries lanterns (pots made by clay) with several holes and diyos (candles lit by mustard oil) inside, thus allowing light to come through the holes. On the lantern there is a dhakan (a cover made of clay) with fire burning and dried dung cakes. Women dance slowly with lantern on their heads so that the holes can be counted. This dance is said to be influenced by the Tantrik cult and performed mainly to protect people from evil spirits.
KHYALI: The khyali dance has district folk favour. Its mood is one of fun & gaiety as the word "khyali" suggest. In the dance the young people indulge happy banter and romance. It is not unusual for a young man to win his bride at such song and dance contest. It is a practice that if the boy wins the contest he can take the girl as his wife.
DEHATI: This is a very popular dance of Maithali people living in the hot flat land of the southern part of Nepal. Dehat literally means the 'village of plain', which are popularly known as the'Terai'. This dance is especially noted for the movement of the body and facial expressions. It is the romantic dance of spring and autumn festival when the young people attempt to attract each other.
JHYAURE: Based on love theme, it is very popular among the young boys and girls in the western hilly part of Nepal. Jhyaure songs and dances are the way of entertainment in the hilly region of Nepal. This dance is very free and not restricted to any time but during the rice planting season it can be seen. The girls would sing the jhyaure song and boys reply in the same manner. It is very joyful song and is a ritualized love theme.
KOWRAA: This dance is performed by the Magars, a community who inhabit the mid hills of Nepal. The dance is woven around the ever perennial theme of love. It is performed in a spirit of gay abandonment, harmony and joy.
JHANGAR: This dance is very popular in the Terai region of Nepal. This dance is performed in a large group of Jhangar communities. Especially in a day of full moon of August, these people are singing and dancing for the celebration of completed the work in the field organize in full moon day.
CHANCHAR: People from the Tharu community are living in the Terai of western part of Nepal. These people are still living apart from the modern civilization with their own tradition. So, this dance is popular among the charchar cast from the Tharu community, they perform this chanchar dance devoted to the Lord Krishna.
CHYABRUNG: Rai and Limbus are also very popular for bravery and fighting. And these people live in the Northern part of Nepal. Young boys and girls of the Rai and Limbu community performs this Chyabrung dance during their different festival.
RATAULI: This dance is performed in a Rodighar. Rodighar is a short of clubhouse, whereyoung boys and girls of Gurung community gather in the evening and have fun. During their dancing and singing, if boys and girls like each other then, they could get married too. This dance was popular in the mid- western part of Nepal but it is gradually disappearing day by day.
TYANKULI: This dance is performed in the remote area of Nepal during the marriage ceremony. In this dance we can see how the young boys and girls enjoy the marriage ceremony with the music of the instrument called tyamko (like a drum).
KHUKURI DANCE: Khukuri is the famous weapon, which is used by the Gorkha soldiers in every battle. In this dance the dancer shows how the weapon is used during the war for killing the enemies. Gorkhali Soldiers had won the famous medal for bravery, 'Victoria cross' in Second World War by using Khukuri.
ARATI DANCE: The meaning of Arati is, a kind of specially presented prayer through the oil lamp before starting the programme. In the ancient time, this dance was dedicated to 'Natraj'. According to the Hindus Philosophy (shiva puran) the meaning of Natraj is the period of dancing by the Lord Shiva. Therefore, in the Hindu's culture society, people want to present the first dance Arati with the dance of Natraj before starting the program. In this dance lights are put off and dancers come with Diyo in their hand.
YAK DANCE: All knows the fact that Nepal is a land of Yak and it is popular mountain cattle. In this dance a yak boy and yak is shown. Yak is a very lovable animal; people drink its milk, get lots of cheese and also make use of it as goods carrier. This is the only animal, which can carry loads in high altitudes. They are very shelled in mountaineering.
YETI DANCE: Yeti means snow man (man of Himalayas). According to analysis history of snowman, nobody can see the particular snowman although specialists found some of yeti's foot prints in the Himalayas and we believe our expectations of snowman to appear in front of us.
