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Statewise GK · Q789

Uttar Pradesh GK

Competitive Exams · Statewise GK · question 789

Q789

............... is one of the famous folk dances of Uttar Pradesh. This dance includes a difficult balanced dance, in which a women performer carries 108 lamps on her head while dancing by covering her head?

A.
Rai dance
B.
Natwari dance
C.
Charkula dance
Answer
D.
Jogini dance

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Charkula is a dance performed in the Braj region of Uttar Pradesh. In this dance, veiled women balancing large multi-tiered circular wooden pyramids on their heads dance to songs about Krishna. Each pyramid has 108 lighted oil lamps arranged in a spiral. It is specially performed on the third day after Holi.