Dhalo Dance
One of the most popular Goan dances, Dhalo is performed by women folk on the moonlit night of 'Pausha' month. Compared to fugdi dance is slow. The song are in Konkani and Marathi. normally 12-24 women assemble after the dinner at a pre-selected specific spot (Mand) in the courtyard of a house in the village.
They arrange themselves in 2 parallel rows of 12 , facing each other, and in a tribal fashion from a close knit by linking themselves arm-around, the back arrangement, singing in unison. The song cover religious and social themes. The dance goes on every night for a week. On the concluding day, women sport all sort of fancy dresses and caricature man.
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