INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mando is the folk dance of Goa. Mando is a musical-dance form that developed among Goan Catholics of Goa during the 19th and 20th centuries. It represents the meeting point of Indian and western traditions. Jhumar is the folk dance of Haryana.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dhalo is one of Goa’s most popular rural dances, which is performed by women on a moonlit December night. A dozen women assemble after dinner in the courtyard of a house and dance to folk songs woven with religious and social themes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mando or Manddo (Konkani mānḍô) is a musical form that evolved during the 19th and 20th centuries among the Goan Catholics. It represents a meeting point of local Goan (Goa was part of Portugal at the time) and western musical traditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the most popular traditional Folk dances of Goa are-Ghode Modni, Dhangar Dance, Goff Talgadi, Shigmo and Mussel khel etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mando is a beautiful dance performance. Its theme is usually of love-bitter and sweet passion which is in slow and deliberate motion and is well expressed through beautiful movements of words and dance. Young men and women dance to the beat of romantic tunes of Ghumot (mud percussion instrument) and violin.