Monday 10 April 2017

Jagoi,the traditional Folk Dance of Manipur.




Jagoi, the Manipuri dance is one of the most popular folk and classical dances of India. It is named  after the region of Manipur,  a state situated in North-East India. This dance form  has a great spiritual values of Hinduism and immensely influenced by Vaishnavism , a myth based on love between 'Radha' and 'Lord Krishna'. It is also popular as the divine  'Rasleela' of the God and the Goddess. Hence, this dance form is regarded as the  dance of Gods and Goddesses  on earth as well as in heaven.Simple traditional musical instruments  viz. Khol, Kartal, Fluet, Harmonium are used in  this folk dance.
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