Northeast Indian Dances, Indian Dances

Northeast Indian Dances are multihued and comprise the essence of tribal, folk as well as classical dance.
Northeast Indian Dances are effortless and are presented to convey joy and happiness among themselves. The colourful and vibrant land of North East India is the possessor of diverse culture with a variety and homogeneity.

North east India called the seven sisters comprise of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh. Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya.

Different Northeast Indian Dances
Most of the dances are accompanied by songs sung generally in chorus.

Manipuri dance: The Manipuri dance of Manipur is a renowned Indian Classical Dance that finds mention in the Natya Shastra written by Bharat Muni.

Bihu dance: Bihu dance is a well-liked and most significant festival of Assam which is celebrated three times in a year.

Laho dance: Throughout the ‘Behdienkhlam festival’ in Meghalaya, people of Meghalaya, particularly the ‘Pnar Tribe’, takes part in laho dance with multi-coloured attire.

Cheraw dance: The male participants move the bamboo staves, which are kept in cross and horizontal forms, in particular rhythm and female dancers step in and out the blocks with beats in this dance.

Hojagiri dance: ‘Lakshmi Puja’ or the ‘hojagiri festival’ in Tripura carries a lot of delight in the local people in forms of music, dance, dishes etc. Four or six members in a team, all women, sing and poise on earthen pitchers, taking a bottle on the head and earthen lamp on the hand.

Nongkrem dance: 'Nongkrem' dance is performed in Meghalaya, in autumn. The ‘Khasis’ are a tribe of Meghalaya, who also commemorate the ripening of paddy for threshing, by dances and songs.

Sattriya dance: Sattriya dance also finds importance as a classical dance form in the Natya Shastra.

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