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| Music and dance |
Music, dance and revelry course through
the blood of the Goan community since time immemorial.
The Goan people are a musical lot with almost every
family laying claim to a musician family-member of some
sort !
The music and dance of Goa are a rich cultural blend
of the West with the East. The hold of rural music is
strong in the less developed ares of the state, though
the urban areas have shifted to more modern forms of
music, one of which, Goa Trance has made an impact worldwide.
Goa Trance is a vibrant and psychedelic dance music
that is best enjoyed on the dance drug LSD and is a
powerful and kaleidoscopic tapestry of sound.
Goa also has a rich dance tradition. The most popular
folk dance forms of Goa are Fugdi & Dhalo that are
performed by women. The Kunbi dance is a tribal a group
dance-cum-song that is rustic and has been passed down
for generations. Dekni is performed only by women and
displays a rare and perfect blending of the Indian with
the Western rhythms. During Navratra, the Dhangar Dance
is performed with great vigour and devotion. The Lamp
dance is performed during the Shigmo festival by women
holding lamps on their heads. Morulem is a traditional
folk dance that is performed by the backward community,
again during the Shigmo festival. Zagor is a cultural
activity where folk plays are presented in different
villages of Goa by the Gawda community. There are also
plenty of discotheques where youngsters and the old
alike can dance with free abandon!
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