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'''Mardani Jhumar'''( also '''Mardana Jhumar''') is a [[Nagpuri culture#Music and dance|Nagpuri]] folk dance performed by men in the [[Indian states]] of [[Jharkhand]], [[Chhattisgarh]] and [[Odisha]].<ref name="Stone1998">{{cite book|author=Professor at Folklore Institute and African Studies and Adjunct Professor School of Music Ruth M Stone|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=PA371|year=1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1|pages=371–}}</ref><ref name="BlumBohlman1993">{{cite book|author1=Stephen Blum|author2=Philip Vilas Bohlman|author3=Daniel M. Neuman|title=Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbbQyA557B0C&pg=PA224|year=1993|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-06343-5|pages=224–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jharkhandculture.com/node/22|title=Mardani Jhumar|publisher=Jharkhandculture|access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> It is performed after harvest in fair.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9S1pEAAAQBAJ&pg=SA4-PA10|title=Jharkhand General Knowledge 2022|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|author=Manish Ranjan|page=4.10|year=2022|isbn=978-9354883002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=3935|title=Nagpuri harvest songs and instrumental music – Maharashtra|date=10 September 2022|access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref> Men wear [[Ghungroo|ghongroo]], hold sword, shield and dance in a circle by holding each other's hand. Musical instruments used in this dance are [[Madal|mandar]], [[naqareh|nagara]], [[Dhak (instrument)|dhak]] and [[Shehnai]] or [[Bansuri|bansi]]. The dance movement reflects masculine energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india9.com/i9show/Mardana-Jhumar-Dance-57694.htm|title=Mardana Jhumar Dance in India|website=india9.com|accessdate=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520021020/http://www.india9.com/i9show/Mardana-Jhumar-Dance-57694.htm|archive-date=2012-05-20|url-status=live}}</ref> Sometimes women dancers accompany them, who are known as [[Nacni]].<ref>{{citation |first=Carol M. |last=Babiracki |journal=[[Society for Ethnomusicology|Ethnomusicology]] |title=Between Life History and Performance: Sundari Devi and the Art of Allusion |year=2008 |volume=52:1 |pages=1–5 |doi=10.2307/20174564 |jstor=20174564 |s2cid=193412396 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Folk dances of Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:Folk dances of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Folk dances of Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Nagpuri culture]]<br />
[[Category:Circle dances]]<br />
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