Girls Dance on Nagada at Surajkund Mela 2016 - Day 10

 

This video features Indian girls dancing to Nagada. It is a traditional folk dance, performed by people in different parts of India. The dance involves fast foot movements and complex body gestures accompanied with songs sung in the Kumaoni language. This is a clip from the annual Surajkund Mela festival in India. The video features girls dressed traditionally and dancing on Nagada, one of their traditional instruments. The dance is called Garba and it's usually performed during Navratri, a nine-day Hindu festival that celebrates Durga as the goddess of power and victory over evil forces. The video was taken by our team at Surajkund International Crafts Mela. In this video, we will explore the girls dance at Surajkund. The Nagada is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India. The Nagada was used as a part of a courtship ritual by men to attract women for marriage. In the following video you can see how these beautiful women have mastered this art form! We hope you enjoyed girls dance on nagada at Surajkund International Crafts Mela.