Kalbelia: Folk Dance of Rajasthan

Recently, during the Rajasthan International Folk Festival, artists performed Kalbeliya dance.

About the Dance

  • It is a folk dance of Rajasthan state of India.It is well known by other names like ‘Sapera Dance’ or ‘Snake Charmer Dance’.
  • Kalbelia dance is particularly performed by a Rajasthani tribe called ‘Kalbelia’.

Kalbelia Dance Elements

  • One unique aspect of the Kalbelia dance is that it is only performed by women while the men play the instruments and provide the music.
  • Kalbelia dance has a traditional musical instrument which is Poongi also called Been.
  • Poongi is a kind of woodwind musical instrument used by Kalbelia tribe ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now

To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here


Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.