Chhau dance

Chhau dance

waa balibu

Yaɣ sheli	Indian folk dance, war dance
Tiŋa	India
Indigenous to	Purulia district, Mayurbhanj district, Seraikela Kharsawan district
Intangible cultural heritage status	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, National List for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)
Described at URL	https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00337, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00337, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00337

Chhau dance, bɛ lahi sabirili mi Chhou dance, nyɛla Indian waa balishɛli.^[1] Di mali la sitaaya dibaa ata ka bɛ mali bɛ ni niŋdi li luɣ'shɛli yuli n booni li, i.e. "Purulia Chhau of West Bengal", "Seraikella Chhau of Jharkhand" nti pahi "Mayurbhanj Chhau of Odisha".

Waa maa chanimi ni "martial arts, acrobatics and athletics" ka tooi nyɛ bɛ ni wari shɛli chuɣu ni, ka di mali di ni wari doli shɛm mini adiini yɛltɔɣa Shaivism, Shaktism mini Vaishnavism. Sitaaya kam malila di situra, ni Purulia mini Serakeilla ninpɔbiri zaŋ ku bukaata tiri waliginsim .^[2] Lahabali shɛŋa Chhau wa'wariba ni kpuɣiri shɛŋa n-nyɛ din yina "Hindu epics the Ramayana" mini Mahabharata, the Puranas ni India kundunima din pahi ni^[2][3]

Dobba n tooi wari li kali ni, ka bɛ tooi niŋdi li yuuni yuuni, ka tooi warili ni Hindu wahi mini nadaa nima kaya wa'shɛŋa.^[3] Wamaa nyɛla din laɣisiri niriba balibu ban yina yaɣa pam.^[2][3]

1. ↑ Williams 2004, pp. 83-84, is a semi-classical Indian dance with martial, tribal and folk origins. The other major classical Indian dances are: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Odissi, Manipuri, Satriya, Yaksagana and Bhagavata Mela.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} A chirim ya: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named unescochhau
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Claus 2003, pp. 109-110.