Type: Festival

Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm

Location:
AR Ground, From Chanmari to Sikulpuikawn
City/Town: Aizawl, Mizoram, India

Description

Mizos most colourful dance Cheraw or bamboo dance will be another name in the Book of Guinness World Records as Mizoram state government is gearing to make Guinness World Record with largest ensemble of Cheraw Kan (bamboo dance).

The Guinness attempt will coincide with Chapchar Kut, the Mizos most colourful festival on March 12, 2010. The event will see more than 10,000 people attempt to dance in synchronization.

Cheraw is the most colourful and distinctive dance of the Mizos, little is known about the origin; possibly the forefathers of Mizos brought it with them when they left their homes in far-east Asia. Cheraw is performed on any occasion these days.

But, as the legend goes, it used to be performed in earlier times only to ensure a safe passage for the soul of a mother who died at childbirth. Cheraw is, therefore, a dance of sanctification and redemption performed with great care, precision and elegance.

The dance is characterised by the use of bamboo staves which are kept in cross and horizontal forms on the ground. While the male dancers move these bamboo staves in rhythmic beats, the female dancers perform by stepping in and out of the bamboo blocks. Recognized as one of the oldest dances of Mizoram, Cheraw has become an integral part of almost every festival of Mizoram.

Source: facebook.com

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