Folk Dances of Chhattisgarh, Indian Folk Dances, Indian Dances

• The Saila Dance is one of those many dances of Chhattisgarh, which is famous for its uniqueness.
• Folk dance of Chhattisgarh are performed as a part of customs and are performed in worship to Gods or signify the changing of seasons.
• There are many types of tribal communities in India and Chhattisgarh is home to many of them. In fact, this state has India’s oldest tribal communities and it is safe to assume that the earliest tribals have been living in Bastar for over 10,000 years. Each of these communities has its own rich and distinctive history and culture of music, dance, dress and food. India is known for her festivals and these are evident in Chhattisgarh festivals too.

• An explosion of music and colour, a generous dose of spirituality, a liberal helping of sheer energy all topped with age-old tribal traditions.
• Saila Dance: In the month of Aghan, the villagers go to the adjoining villages to perform the Saila Dance. The group of Saila Dancers go to each house and perform this dance.

• Saila in its simplest form is also performed as the Dasera dance that is always performed by the Baigas before festival of Diwali.
• The dancers have small sticks in their hand and this stick is struck, next to the stick of the person who is dancing near to him. They move in circles in clockwise direction, and then they turn around and move anti-clockwise.

• Karma: Generally performed by tribal groups like Gonds, the Baigas and Oraons in Chhattisgarh. This dance type marks the end of rainy period and beginning of spring.

• Sua Nacha: It is generally called as Parrot dance and is performed in the event of Goura Marriage.

• Panthi Dance: Panthi Dance is one of the most significant forms of folk dance in this area. It is a famous ceremony of the Satnami community of Chhattisgarh.

• Gendi: Of all the dance forms, this one is pure enjoyable.

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