Saturday, November 23, 2024
Himachal Pradesh

Arts

Dance

The Dalshone and Cholamba dances

These dances belong to the Ropa valley and in these the patterns formed by the dancers look like coiled serpents. The Cholamba dance is performed when a tiger is killed. The skin of the dead animal is stuffed and a gold ornament is put in his nose. The carcass is then rotated and the people dance around it.