Music And Dance - Soothing Enchantments

Music and Dance in Madhya Pradesh have been a tradition since long time. The major Population that resides in Madhya Pradesh is of tribal people, so most of the dances practiced here are also of tribal nature. You can witness their dances in any of their fairs or festivals. These dances have not been influenced even a bit by outside traditions and have retained their charm and uniqueness for many centuries. Madhya Pradesh is host to the world famous Khajuraho Dance Festival. Masters of different dances like Kuchipudi, Bharatnatyam, Odissi, Kathak and many other classical dances perform here with the backdrop of floodlit Khajuraho Temples. The music in the region has also remained unaltered for ages. The singing style and the instruments used are all the same as earlier.

Karma Dance

Karma Dance is the main dance of Gond tribe and Oraon tribe that reside in the north western part of Madhya Pradesh. There are many forms of this dance that are performed by many traditional tribes throughout India. This show that, this might be the oldest tribal dance of Madhya Pradesh. The differences between various forms is in the music that accompanies these dances. Both men and women take part in the dance performance. The dance is generally performed during the start and the end of the rainy seasons. For some groups, the dance also symbolizes the start of spring, and they sometimes dance around a tree set up in the village.