Other Dances
Other dances are 'Bara Singha Dance (the Stag dance) and Kankal
Dance (the Skeleton Dance) and folk dances like, the Limbus
celebrating a good harvest. There are some soft rhythm dances
too in which women can participate. The Tamang (Dampu Dance )and
Maruni dances (Nepali Dance) are such in which a couple wavering
lighted tapers on their open palms participate. The Limbus perform
the Dhol Dance after harvesting their paddy crop. Lepcha people
also perform a group dance after harvests. The Lepcha folk
dances are quite bristle and Gay. The Sikkimese dances find their
roots in the traditional culture seasonal cycles of this fabled
Himalayan state.
