Jhumair

Jhumair or Jhumar is an Indian folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal.[1][2][3][4] It is folk dance of Sadan, the Indo-Aryan ethnic groups of Chotanagpur.[5][6][7] It is mainly performed during harvest season.[8] The musical instruments used are Mandar, Dhol, Nagara, Bansuri.[5] This dance style consists of performers standing in a row holding hands, singings couplets, swaying their bodies, clapping their hands and occasionally adding timed jumps.[9]

Jhumair dance by Tea-tribes of Assam
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