Under your teacher’s guidance, identify and mark the states on the map of India where these dance forms originated. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The nine dancers shown on page 89, drawn again here — look at the dress, the head-dress and what each dancer holds.

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The book prints nine dancers and no names. So look carefully at each picture first — the dress, what is in the hands, the pose — and then name the dance and the state. Where the picture is What the picture shows Dance State Top row, 1st A woman with long loose hair, a stick in each hand, one raised high, in a many-tiered red-yellow ghagra Dandiya Raas (danced with Garba) Gujarat Top row, 2nd Three women stepping together in a line, in wrapped skirts with woven borders, yellow shawls and headbands with white plumes A folk dance of the North-East — Bihu Assam Top row, 3rd Men in turbans and women in salwar-kameez, arms thrown up, one foot off the ground Bhangra and Giddha Punjab Top row, 4th A woman spinning, wide blue-and-yellow ghagra flying out, a red odhni over her head, heavy bangles on raised arms Ghoomar Rajasthan Bottom row, 1st A woman in a plain white skirt with a broad gold border and a gold pleated fan at the waist, hair in a side bun Mohiniyattam Kerala Bottom row, 2nd A male dancer, bare above the waist, in a yellow dhoti with a green border, one arm curved over the head Bharatanatyam Tamil Nadu Bottom row, 3rd A woman in a cream saree with a wide red-and-gold border and a red blouse, turning so the pleats swing out Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh Bottom row, 4th A woman in a silver filigree crown and a silver belt, yellow cloth draped over the legs, fingers held in a mudra Odissi Odisha Bottom row, 5th A woman in a stiff barrel-shaped skirt with a bright embroidered low

Where the picture is	What the picture shows	Dance	State
Top row, 1st	A woman with long loose hair, a stick in each hand, one raised high, in a many-tiered red-yellow ghagra	Dandiya Raas (danced with Garba)	Gujarat
Top row, 2nd	Three women stepping together in a line, in wrapped skirts with woven borders, yellow shawls and headbands with white plumes	A folk dance of the North-East — Bihu	Assam
Top row, 3rd	Men in turbans and women in salwar-kameez, arms thrown up, one foot off the ground	Bhangra and Giddha	Punjab
Top row, 4th	A woman spinning, wide blue-and-yellow ghagra flying out, a red odhni over her head, heavy bangles on raised arms	Ghoomar	Rajasthan
Bottom row, 1st	A woman in a plain white skirt with a broad gold border and a gold pleated fan at the waist, hair in a side bun	Mohiniyattam	Kerala
Bottom row, 2nd	A male dancer, bare above the waist, in a yellow dhoti with a green border, one arm curved over the head	Bharatanatyam	Tamil Nadu
Bottom row, 3rd	A woman in a cream saree with a wide red-and-gold border and a red blouse, turning so the pleats swing out	Kuchipudi	Andhra Pradesh
Bottom row, 4th	A woman in a silver filigree crown and a silver belt, yellow cloth draped over the legs, fingers held in a mudra	Odissi	Odisha
Bottom row, 5th	A woman in a stiff barrel-shaped skirt with a bright embroidered lower band, and a thin white veil over a pointed cap	Manipuri (Raas Leela)	Manipur

NCERT Solutions for Class 5th The World Around Us Chapter 5 Dance forms and the states they come from — Activity 7