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{{Infobox dance<br />
| title = Chari Dance<br />
| image = Udaipur, Dharohar (6269624763).jpg<br />
| caption = Chari dance costume<br />
| genre = [[Folk dance]]<br />
| instruments = {{Flatlist|<br />
* [[Dholak]]<br />
* [[nagada]]<br />
* [[harmonium]]<br />
* bankia<br />
* [[thali]]<br />
}}<br />
| origin = [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Chari dance''' is a [[folk dance]] in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Art and culture of Rajasthan|url=http://rajasthan.gov.in/StateProfile/ArtandCulture/Pages/FolkDanceMusic.aspx|accessdate=14 April 2015|work=Rajasthan.gov.in|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430060526/http://rajasthan.gov.in/StateProfile/ArtandCulture/Pages/FolkDanceMusic.aspx|archivedate=30 April 2015}}</ref> Chari dance is a female group dance. It is related to [[Ajmer]] and [[Kishangarh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dance Forms of Rajasthan|url=http://www.pinkcity.com/citizenblogger/dance-forms-of-rajasthan/|accessdate=14 April 2015| work=Pinkcity.com|date=5 December 2012 }}</ref> Chari dance is prominent in [[Gujjar]] and [[Saini]] community of [[Kishangarh]] and [[Ajmer]] and known all over Rajasthan. The Chari dance is performed at marriage celebrations, on the birth of a male child and at celebrations and festivals of goodness.<br />
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==Performance ==<br />
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During the Chari dance, colorfully dressed, bejeweled women hold [[earthenware]] or brass Chari pots on their heads. Often, the Chari are set on lit Diya (oil lamp) or fire with cotton seeds immersed in oil. Dancers carry a flaming pot on their head without touching it, while performing graceful movements of limbs and deep swirls of knees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dance festivals in Udaipur|url=http://www.hotelsatudaipur.com/dance-festivals-in-udaipur.html|accessdate=14 April 2015|work=Hotelsatudaipur|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917172232/http://www.hotelsatudaipur.com/dance-festivals-in-udaipur.html|archive-date=17 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> To make the dance look more attractive lines of lighted patterns are created as the dancers move quietly around the floor.<br />
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== Origin ==<br />
Rajasthan is a [[desert]] where women walk for many miles to collect water for their families. They collect their daily water in Chari. The dance celebrates this lifelong ritual of collecting water.<br />
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==Dress and ornaments==<br />
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Dancers wear Rajasthani golden ornaments named Hansli, Hansli, Timniya, Mogri, Punchi, Bangdi, Gajra, Armlets, Karli, Kanka and Navr.<ref name=doi>{{cite web|title=Dances of India|url=http://www.dancesofindia.co.in/folk-dances-india/rajasthan/chari.html|accessdate=14 April 2015|work=Dancesofindia.co.in|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150411213140/http://www.dancesofindia.co.in/folk-dances-india/rajasthan/chari.html|archivedate=11 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Instruments==<br />
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Chari dance is played with [[Nagada]], [[Dholak]], [[Dhol]] [[Harmonium]], [[Thali]](an autophonic instrument) and [[Bankia (musical instrument)|Bankia]]. Bankia is the most common. It produces a powerful, eerie sound in dexterous hands.<ref name=doi/><br />
[[File:Chari dance.jpg|thumb|It is famous Gujar women of rajasthan.In this dance, cotton seed, are burnt inside the pot and the dance is performed.]]<br />
==References==<br />
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