Folk Dance Of Goa

Dekhni dance is one the oldest  dance forms of goa. In konkani it means beauty. This dance is a mixture of India and western music. Dekhni dance can be associated with those people who converted into Christianity from Hindusim during Portuguese rule. This dance form can be witnessed any where in goa. It is a dance combined with graceful movement and peaceful remedies. The dance starts with one lady starting  the dance and others joining in as the dance continues. Hanv saiba poltodi vetam. Is one of the most famous songs of Dekhni dance. This song's was written by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira. This song was first published in 1895 in Paris and then in goa in 1926. Dekhni Dance is performed by a group of girls carrying earthen oil lamps in their hands. Some gestures of Dekhni have been taken by Bhatartnatyam and kathak. This is why it is also called a semi-classical folk dance. This girl's are represented as the servants of God's in this dance form it represents the li

Dhalo is a popular ritual folk dance from goa. The dance is performed by women and serves as a prayer of protection for their households. The songs to which the dance is performed are usually sung in konkani language or marathi. The theme of such songs are commonly religious or social in nature.it is conducted over a period of one week in month of Pousha. The technique of dhalo dance 12-24 women's dance Togheter in two parallel rows facing each other and with interlocked arms. 

Goff is also called ribbon dance is one of the popular folk dances of goa. It is performed during the Shigmo festival in phalgun month. Goan peasants mainly practise this dance. After the harvest as manifestation of their enjoyment this dance is affinity with tribal dance form gujarat state. The dance is major attraction during the festive season generally this folk dance is performed in a group the dance can be performed by a group of male and females. Each dancer hold a colourful cord which hangs at the center point of the mand. The dancer starts dancing intricately forming a beautiful colourful intricate braid at the end of the first movements. The musics begins once again the dancer reverse the pattern of dancing in such a movement the braids are unrevealed and all the cords are loose and single ones again. The  Costume of this Goff dance male group prefer to wear kurta  and some kurta dhoti. Females dance group clad themselves in ghagra-choli while some sari

Fugdi is a Goan folk dance performed by the women in the konkan region. During hindu religious festivals like ganesh chaturthi Vrata Or towards the end of other dance like dhalo according to certain historical facts. This dance style is said to have been created from few ancient Goan traditions in addition this dance is mainly performed during the Hindu month of bhaadrapaada. When women usually take a break to escape Bordem arising from their daily routines it is also perform during religious and social events.the women's in and dance while enacting varied formation in a circle or in rows. Usually women in the villages dance fugdi in a circle and women in forest settlements formulate rows.the dance starts with invocation to hindu Gods.the pace in slow in the beginning but soon attains a fast pace at the maximum pace the dancers match the rhythm by blowing air through the mouth that's sound like Foo. A fixed steps and hand gestures and hand laps are the major element