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Kalbelia

The Kalbelia dance, performed to celebrate any joyful moment in the community, is an integral part of their culture.
Male participants take care of the musical part of the dance. They use the different instruments (Pungi, Dufli, "Been", "Khanjari", "Morchang", "khuralio" and "Dholak") to create the rhythm on which the dancers perform. As the performance goes on, the rhythm becomes faster and faster, and hence, the dance. It looks like they are made of rubber. 
The Kalbelia dancers (mainly females) wear long black skirts embroidered with silver ribbons. As they spin in a circle, their bodies sway acrobatically, sinuously to the accompaniment of the Pungi, the Dufli and the plaintive notes of the "been", the wooden instrument of the snake charmers

References

  1. ^ Kumar Suresh Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta, S. K. Mandal, N. N. Vyas, Anthropological Survey of India. People of India Vol. XXXVIII. Popular Prakashan. pp. 1012.
  2. ^ Miriam Robertson (1998). Snake Charmers: The Jogi Nath Kalbelias of Rajastan. Illustrated Book Publishers. pp. 323. ISBN 81-85683-29-8.
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