Chaap

Chaap
Native nameچاپ (Balochi)
GenreFolk dance
Instrument(s)Sorna, Dohol, Nar Sur, Suroz, Naal, Taboora
Balochi dance performed by graduates of folk dance academy, Tehran, Iran
Balochi dance performed by graduates of folk dance academy, Tehran, Iran

Chaap (Balochi:چاپ) is a traditional folk dance of Baloch people in Balochistan.[1][2][3][4][5] Chaap dance is performed in circle with a rhythmic clapping.[6][7]

It is also identified by the number of claps in a recurring grouping (do chapi, se chapi, char chapi).[8]

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  3. ^ "People performing Balochi dance during function to mark Baloch Culture Day". 2 March 2022.
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  7. ^ "An unexpected artist: Seeing beauty in the broken". The Express Tribune. 12 January 2014.
  8. ^ Numsi, G. (January 2020). "The Performance and Patronage of Baloch Culture through Music (and Related Arts) in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula".