Chhau Dance

"Chhau", I definitely didn't have a clue what it actually meant when I read the word for the first time in my niece's Social Studies book. But yeah, having found a picture, I knew "Hey, this was the dance that was featured in Barfi! and was performed by Riddhi and Rakesh in Nach Baliye". All I knew about Chhau then was that this dance involves a mask. But while reading about it in Wikipedia, I found a lot regarding Chhau. Chhau is actually an Indian tribal martial dance form which is familiar among the people of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa. Chhau doesn't include any graceful dance moves. The dance moves include martial acts and hence...

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