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Major Folk Dances Of India

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The Darsanams of the Gosangi
Over the costumes, Gosangi wears various objects made up of leather, shells, metal and threads as ornaments. Traditionally, the prominent among them is known as Darsanam-s, which literally means vision or suggesting that which is visible. There are altogether seven Darsanams, which can be neither considered as costumes nor ornaments. But, for an outsider, they may look like ornaments. The first Darsanam that Gosangi wears,cover chest and the back. This is traditionally identified as Rommu Darsanam or Sanku Darsanam. The second one is tied around the neck and called as Kanta Darsanam. The third and fourth ones are tied around the arms of left and right hands. The fifth and sixth ones are tied to the left and right wrists. (For these specific names are mentioned by the performers). The seventh one is known as Siro Darsanam, and it is tied around the already tied hair (koppu). The performers also know all these Dasanam except the Rommu Darsanam and Dasthavejulu (records).

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'Tamasha' is a folk dance of which state?
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Uttar Pradesh
2
Maharashtra
3
Madhya Pradesh
4
Rajasthan
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PYQ 2025
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Identify folk forms of north India
(A) Bhand Mirasi, Bhand Pather
(B) Dasavatara, Burrakatha
(C) Bhagavatamela, Burrakatha
(D) Kariyala, Khyal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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(A), (B), (C), (D)
2
(A), (C), (B)
3
(A), D)
4
(C), (D)
04
PYQ 2025
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Karma Dance is the oldest form of folk dance mainly related to the fertility cult. This dance form is performed in which state?
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Madhya Pradesh
2
Uttar pradesh
3
Jharkhand
4
Tamil Nadu
05
PYQ 2025
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The Oja-Pali dance is from which state?
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Manipur
2
Assam
3
Nagaland
4
Himachal Pradesh

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