Dekhni is a folk dance associated with which Indian state?

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  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Bihar
  3. Goa
  4. West Bengal

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Option 3 : Goa
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The correct answer is Goa.Key Points

  • Dekhni dance represents an attractive mixture of folk culture and Western music, danced mostly by Christian girls in fully Indian dress.
  • The gestures in the dance appear to have been borrowed from the Kathak and Bharata Natyam.
  • Dekhni in Konkani language means bewitching beauty.
  • Dekhni dance is one of the oldest dance forms of Goa.
  • Dekhni dance can be associated with those people who converted into Christianity from Hinduism during Portuguese rule.
  • Dekhni Dance is performed by a group of girls caring earthen oil lamps in their hands.
  • These girls are represented as the servants of God in this dance form. It represents the life of a devadasi.
  • Ghumat Drum is the main instrument used in this dance.

Additional Information

  • Hanv Saiba Poltodi Vetam is one of the most famous songs of Dekni dance.
  • It was written by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira.
  • This song was first published in 1895 in Paris and then in Goa in 1926.
  • This song talks about a dancer who wanted to cross the river but the boatman refused to take her because the river was very rough that day.
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