odissi

tamil nadu-bharatnatyam

assam-bihu

karnataka-yakshagana

andhra pradesh-kuchipudi

Religious themes in folk art are traditionally Hindu and are inspired by Hindu mythologies - stories fro the 2 epics Ramayana and Mahabharata and also from the Puranas. Some Christian themes are later addition, but even Muslim craftspeople use Hindu legends, myths and symbols (for example, in Kalamkari). The interesting this is that inspiration might come from a more Sanskritised, Vedic background, and sometimes come from Tantric, local legends and tribal background.

Social themes generally are found in representation of everyday activities (for example in Warli painting) where stylised figures are shown doing rural activity of farming, household work or just celebrating life with song and dance. Lately, folk forms (not just painting, but also song and dance) have been successfully used to speak of current social (example: Patachitra) and political issues (example: Yakshagana).

Hope this was useful.

Religious themes in folk art are traditionally Hindu and are inspired by Hindu mythologies - stories fro the 2 epics Ramayana and Mahabharata and also from the Puranas. Some Christian themes are later addition, but even Muslim craftspeople use Hindu legends, myths and symbols (for example, in Kalamkari). The interesting this is that inspiration might come from a more Sanskritised, Vedic background, and sometimes come from Tantric, local legends and tribal background.

Social themes generally are found in representation of everyday activities (for example in Warli painting) where stylised figures are shown doing rural activity of farming, household work or just celebrating life with song and dance. Lately, folk forms (not just painting, but also song and dance) have been successfully used to speak of current social (example: Patachitra) and political issues (example: Yakshagana).

Hope this was useful.

List of dances in the world A-Z

Allemande (historical, court, baroque)

An dro or "En dro" (Brittany, in-round traditional dance)

Antikrystos (Greece), face-to-face traditional dance

Arkan (Ukrainian, Hutsul)

Balboa (Swing)

Ballet, category, also known as classical dance

Ballos(Burçak tarlası oyunu)(Greece),(Turkey)

Ballu tundu (Sardinia)

Bandari (South of Iran)

Can-can (Cancan, can can)

Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazilian)

Carinosa (dance of love) Philippines

Carol (Medieval)

Dilan (a Kurdish dance, Iran , Turkey , Iraq)

Disco

Doublebugg

Dragon dance

East Coast Swing

Eisa

Electric Slide

English Country Dance

Ethnic dance

Fad dance

Fandango

Farandole (Provencal)

Farruca

Flamenco (Spanish/gypsy)

Folk dance

Gaida (Greece)

Galliard

Galop

Garba (India)

Gankino (Bulgaria)

Habanera

Haka (Māori)

Hakken (Dutch)

Halay (Turkish, Folk)

Japanese traditional dance (Japanese)

Jarabe tapatío

Jazz dance

Kozachok (Ukrainian)

Krakowiak (Poland)

Krumping (Western U.S.)

Kuchipudi (India)

Kurdish dance (Iran and Iraq)

Kujawiak (Poland)

Lambada

Lambeth Walk

Lancer (Quadrille)

Landler (Quadrille)

Lap dance

Merengue (Latin Club)

Mexican Hat Dance

Metelytsia ((Ukrainian), khorovod)

Milonga (see Argentine Tango)

Novelty and fad dances

The Nutbush

Oberek (also called Obertas or Ober, Poland)

Odissi (India)

Pagode

Pandango sa Ilaw (Philippines)

Pangalatok (Philippines)

Parasol dance (Japan)

Quadrille

Quickstep (Ballroom)

Raqs Sharqi ("belly dance")

Rebetiko dances (Greece)

Redowa

Reel (Irish and Scottish)

Samba dance

Samba de Gafieira

Son (Mayan, Guatemala/Mexico)

Soraya ("Bellydance")

Sousta (Greece)

Argentine Tango - also known as Tango Argentino (Social)

Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)

Troika (Folk, Russian, Cajun)

Vesnianka (Ukrainian, a type of khorovod)

Volte (also Volta, La volta, or Lavolta, Renaissance)

Waltz (ballroom, social)

Whip (Swing, Texas)

Wolosso (Ivory Coast)

Watusi (fad dance)

Western swing (United States)

West Coast Swing ("WCS"; Swing, United States)

Yakshagana (India, Karnataka)

Yowla (rifle dance from (UAE)

Zapateado (Spain)

Zebetiko, and Zembekiko; Greece)

Zeibeks, Teke zortlatması (Turkey)

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