Karagam Dance at DakshinaChitra

Meet Noor Jehan, a karagam dancer from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India. Watch how she manages to balance the pot and elaborate head gear, while dancing.

Karagam is a traditional folk dance, where the dancer wears elaborate and colorful costume, and balances a pot filled with rice or sand, and dances to live music that usually includes a nadhaswaram player.

DakshinaChita is a living arts center, which is where this performance took place. DakshinaChitra is located a few miles from Chennai (Madras), India.

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