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Rhythm of joy : bhihu dance, Assam / Centre for Cultural Resources and Training presents ; script & direction, Ashoke Guptto ; producer, Surendra Kaul.
LIBRA DVD 018 598
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harvest festivals--India--Assam.
- Harvest festivals.
- Folk dancing--India--Assam.
- Folk dancing.
- India--Assam.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 025 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Rhythm of joy : bihu dance
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Centre of Cultural Resources and Training (India), [2002?]
- System Details:
- VCD.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The Bihu dance is performed during the Assamese folk harvest festival heralding the new year. One man sings the refrain and others repeat it in cycles. The participants dance in a circle, initially with a slow tempo and then gradually the dancers build up a fast rhythm that captivates the audience in an instant. Bihu is basically a dance for couples, young men and women both take part and dance to the rhythmic music of the Bihu songs. The dance begins in a circle, but soon breaks up into parallel lines, the dancers execute beautiful figures of intertwined semi- circles.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Minoti Chatterjee.
- Credits:
- Camera, Satish Kumar ; editor, S.B. Verma.
- Notes:
- Originally produced in 1998.
- OCLC:
- 55487245
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