This dance belongs to the Ajmer and Kishangarh areas of Rajasthan.Gathering water is part of everyday life of women of Rajasthan. The women go many miles to collect water for their families and their joy is reflected through the Chari Dance. Dancers choreograph deft patterns with their hands while balancing brass pots on their heads. Pots topped with lighted lamps are balanced on the head and graceful hand movements come together in the chari dance of the kishangarh area. It is amazing to see how these performers move effortlessly on the floor and do not seem at all conscious of a potential danger of being burnt at all! The performance is made more picturesque with the flames from cottonseeds set alight, so that the bobbing heads create streaks of illuminating patterns as they move effortlessly around the floor |
