Cheraw (dance)

Cheraw dance

Mizo girls performing the Cheraw dance
Genre	Folk dance
Origin	India

Chapchar Kut Cheraw dance in Mizoram.

Cheraw dance is a traditional bamboo dance performed by the Mizo people of Mizoram, India, consisting of mostly six to eight people holding pairs of bamboo staves on another horizontally placed bamboo on the ground. The male performers then clap the bamboos rhythmically while groups of female dancers dance in intricate steps between the beating bamboo.

Modern

Later practice of Cheraw is accompanied by accordion, mandolin and guitar played in non traditional clothes. ^[1]

Dress code

The common costumes worn by the performers during the Cheraw dance include:

Women

• Vakiria - is a female headress made of bamboo and decorated with feathers, beetles wings and other colorful objects, from the 1960s it evolved into the present form.
• Kawrchei - White red green black blouse.
• Puanchei - White red green black sarong.

Men

• Khumbeu - Bamboo hat
• Mizo Shawl

All these traditional costumes of Cheraw Dance come in vibrant colors that further brighten up the surrounding environment.

References

1. Pachuau, Joy (13 April 2015). The Camera as a witness. Cambridge. p. 283. ISBN   9781107073395.

External links

• Mizoram Tourism
• mapsofindia.com