The Real Fire Dance of India Where Men Play With Fire
Fire Dance of India is one of the oldest devotional dance forms, only found in India!
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Get all that you need to know about it!
1. Fire Dance of India, could be found in the Jasnathis regions of Churu and Bikaner, Rajasthan by the Community of Banjaras.
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2. The act of performing on the fire has been happening since BC 1200. But, the fit is a traditional and devotional dance form that is more than 500-years old.
3. Fire Dance by the Banjara-men is performed traditionally inside the Temples during the Mela (Fair), three times in a year. It is devoted & done as an offering to Lord Jaswardhan.
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4. Fire Dance of India is peculiar as the dancers stand, sit and even keep burning coal inside their mouth while performing the routine! What’s interesting is that each dancer, after the performance, has no burn-marks or wounds on their skin at all. For this very reason, Fire Dance has been considered devotional.
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5. Done as an auspicious offering to Jaswarnath Bhagwan, the performers dance on the traditional Rajasthani folk music on drum beats.
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6. Today, tourists from around the world never miss visiting Bikaner to watch the Fire Dance of India, which happens nowhere else in the world!
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7. Nonetheless, the performers have said that the Fire Dance is not something anyone or everyone can do as the skills are passed from one generation to another. Also, it requires a balance & combination of physical & mental power, which is mostly in-built in these men.
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Now you know that there are people in this world, who literally play with fire! So, to see the real Fire Dance of India, you need to visit Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Blog Edited By Ritika Gupta
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