Day 24: Thursday Challenge : Movement

Tags

dance, jodhpur, kalbeliya, nikon d3100, photography, project 365, rajasthan, thursday photo challenge

So todays theme is

MOVEMENT (Shaking, Falling, Bouncing, Jumping, Curling, Sagging,…)

And what better to represent it than a Kalbeliya Dance

 

Some information on Kalbeliya from google

One of the most sensuous dance forms of Rajasthan, performed by the Kalbeliya snake charmers’ community, the sapera dancers wear long, black skirts embroidered with silver ribbons. As they spin in a circle, their body sways acrobatically, so that it is impossible to believe that they are made of anything other than rubber. As the beat increases in tempo, the pace increases to such a pitch that it leaves the viewer as exhausted as the dancer. Their women whirl and sway in village fairs. The pace is fast, and combined with their colourful costumes and sinuous bodies the effect is heady.

Watching the Kalbeliya women dance is an experience which is a must have in life I think. The women have a rare balance of beauty, rustiness, grace, elegance, energy and sensuality when they are dancing

A sight to watch and cherish forever

Time for some fun

Tags

bonfire, dance, fun, thursday photo challenge

What could be more fun than bonfire, music and dance….If that is not fun then nothing is 🙂

For more fun, frolic and dance go here

I had grand plans of posting something intersting and had couple of drafts… an intersting topic I wanted to write abt, some reviews which I wanted to finish but Lisbeth Slander is keeping me very busy… giving me company when I am nursing the low BP and taking rest in the bed… what at thriller… hope to finish it tmrw and do a proper post 🙂

Till than wishing u a fun friday ahead 🙂

PS: and sorry folks I will get to reply ur comments soon as soon as I am done dealing with certain Ms. Slander

Thursday Photo Challenge

Tags

bhangra, bihu, dance, punjabi, rajisthani, thursday photo challenge

Every week I see the Thursday photo challenge at Uma and Tiku, I feel I should do it but somehow every week I miss it… But this week when I saw the theme (music and dance) I knew I had to do it… A theme so close to my heart, I thought I will be able to do it in a jiffy but damn I was wrong. I have spent the past 2 hours going through pics (though I really enjoyed myself 😉 ) deciding which ones to post… And how much ever I try I can’t seem to narrow down at one… So here are few of my fav photos surrounding the theme 😀

One of the most graceful Indian Dances I have seen - Bihu, sure wanna learn it one day

Providing the beat for the dance....

Trying my hand at rajisthani folk dance at Jaipur and BTW N had given this pic the tittle of "mona mimicing the dancer and being better" 🙂

This one is one of my fav, my grand-dad dancing on my mehendi function

How can a post by me on dance over without dance by a roitous punjabi family 😉 *spot me if u can*

Fire Rewadi Dance Popcorn and more

Tags

bornfire, dance, festivals, india, lohri, music

yeah thats what Lohri is all about… a big bonfire, lots of til rewadi, moongfali, popcorn… a dhol and lots of dance… and ofcourse when everything becomes quiet sitting with your friends around the bonfire and chatting late into the night till the last amber is burning

I miss miss miss this festival… the happiness that floats around and the fun that is had… I am planning to go to the small celebration we are doing in the colony this evening… u guys have a happy lohri too

Leaving u with some snaps clicked on our first lohri after marriage… we celebrated that one in Delhi in full blast

and btw thats my grandpa putting the rewadi in the fire….

and thats me doing the kikili in the spirit of lohri with my cousin… my hands full with the lovely chooda…

and finally the relatively newly wed posing before the function began… gosh I was so thin

Sunder Mundriye Ho…. Happy Lohri

Dance Dance

Tags

dance, passion

I love dancing and its like therapy to me……..and I had almost forgotten it…. Seriously, sounds funny… basically its after ages I hit the dance floor yesterday…

Before Ojas happened me and N were regular in the pub/discs scene and used to catch up on dancing atleast once a month if not more… We even took classes in Salsa, Cha-Cha-Cha, Jazz, Rock-n-Roll, Rumba and used to dance very often to it even at home, heck we even have a certificate for these dances 🙂

And then I conceived and all these were forgotten 😦

Yesterday we were invited to a friends daughter’s birthday party and what a rocking time we had… I danced and danced like nobody’s watching seriously… its fun on the dance floor if u let ur inhibitions out and being a panju I think it comes naturally to me he he

With this a therapy a passion is revived, we practiced our Salsa at home today and we both have promised each other to get back to once a month hitting the pub routine soon enough

Life is all about living passions isnt it

Current DJ favorites