Folk Dance Dandas - Story, origin?

[vuongptnguyen]

Hi BTF,

At Buckeye Mela this past weekend, Rutgers University (RU) Bhangra had a segment of Dandas, which sparked my curiosity to learn more about the folk form.

I have come across a few live and music performances of Dandas (links below) and tried to reach out my mentors to ask about it. However, every little information is collected since it's an old and uncommon art form.

Live Dandas performance by PGI NURSING COLLEGE CHANDIGARH

Live Performance by Royal Academy of Bhangra

Nachdi Jawani @ Elite 8 Bhangra Invitational 2010 (Music performance)

P/S: Congratulations to RU for placing.

 

[Andreapablo]

Tamil Nadu, India is the orgin for folk dance, They dance folks songs with their native songs and their native instruments also they do folk dance in someone's death, For happy sending.