{"id":6409,"date":"2022-01-22T10:24:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T10:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/?p=6409"},"modified":"2022-05-16T11:12:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T11:12:07","slug":"music-and-dance-in-madhya-pradesh-lehangi-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/music-and-dance-in-madhya-pradesh-lehangi-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Music and Dance in Madhya Pradesh- Lehangi Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/music-and-dance-in-madhya-pradesh-lehangi-dance\/#Lehangi_Dance\" >Lehangi Dance<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/music-and-dance-in-madhya-pradesh-lehangi-dance\/#About\" >About:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/music-and-dance-in-madhya-pradesh-lehangi-dance\/#Image_Gallery_of_Music_and_Dance_in_Madhya_Pradesh-_Lehangi_Dance\" >Image Gallery of Music and Dance in Madhya Pradesh- Lehangi Dance<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lehangi_Dance\"><\/span>Lehangi Dance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About\"><\/span>About:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lehangi<\/strong>&nbsp;is a folk dance performed by the Banjara and Kanjar tribe of Madhya Pradesh. This dance is usually performed during the mid-monsoon period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lehangi is performed by young men holding sticks. These men produce rhythmic sounds by the beating of the sticks. This dance involves many acrobatic tricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banjara tribe performs this dance during the festival of \u2018<strong>Rakhi<\/strong>\u2019 (festival celebrating the brother-sister relationship).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the indigenous folk-dances of Madhya Pradesh are by nomadic tribes like the&nbsp;<strong>Banjara&nbsp;<\/strong>and the&nbsp;<strong>Kanjar<\/strong>&nbsp;of Bhopal commissionary. In this area, one comes across a dance form known as Lehangi. In the middle of the rainy season when nature comes to bloom the Lehangi is danced by young men over the beat of sticks which they hold in their hands. The Kanjars are professional acrobats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the&nbsp;<strong>Rakhi festival,<\/strong>&nbsp;the Banjaras of Nimad dance the Lehangi. When the festival of Dussehra approaches they start dancing Garbi and Dandia. Banjara dancers have a remarkable similarity in their mode. The men accompany the women either with songs or instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Banjara women are heavily decked with silver jewellery and wrapped in colourful clothes of contrasting embroidery and tiny inset of scintillating mirrors. In the Lota dance, with all the ornaments and heavy clothes, they balance big-size metal pots on their heads as they swing in a liner or a circular formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lehangi is a&nbsp;<strong>popular folk dance<\/strong>&nbsp;of the Banjara and Kanjar tribe of the Bhopal commissary of Madhya Pradesh and is performed during the blossoming monsoon period. The Banjara tribe also performs this dance form during the festival of Rakhi. Young men hold sticks in their hands and rhythmically beat them while dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various\u00a0<strong>acrobatic tricks<\/strong>, incorporated into the dance, lend a dramatic touch to the performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Image_Gallery_of_Music_and_Dance_in_Madhya_Pradesh-_Lehangi_Dance\"><\/span>Image Gallery of Music and Dance in Madhya Pradesh- Lehangi Dance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-15540 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-15540 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-15540\" 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