10 easy essay lines on choliya dance
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Chholiya (or Chhaliya) is a dance form practised in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, India. It is basically a sword dance accompanying a marriage procession but now it is performed on many auspicious occasions.It is especially popular in the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat and Pithoragarh of Kumaon division and has even spread to the Garhwal division.This sword dance has a history of more than a thousand years and is rooted in the martial traditions of the Kumaoni people.
Origin
Dating back to over a thousand years, the Chholiya Dance has its origins in the warring Kshatriyas of Kumaun- the Khasas and Katyuris when marriages were performed at the point of the swords.
The native Kshatriyas were united by the Chand Kings who arrived' on the scene in the 10th century. Flux of immigrants Rajputs who made native kshatriyas a small minority also took on the hill customs and influenced pahari culture with their traditions and language. The days of marriages on the point of sword were over, but the traditions attached to it still continued.
That is why the groom is still known as Kunwar (कुंवर) or Raja (राजा) (King) in Kumaun. He rides a horse in the marriage procession and wears a Khukri in his belt
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