FUGDI DANCE

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Fugdi or foogdi is the most popular folk dance from Goa. Performed only by women. Though basically a non-religious, all-weather dance, It is dance on all-important social and religious occasion, and even at the end of other dances like Dhalo. The dance starts with invocation to Hindu Gods at as low pace of footwork in a circular formation and suddenly it attains a fast pace reaching climax.

Theme
The theme of the song became social aspects and matching action form are enacted. At the maximum speed, the dancer matches the rhythm by blowing air through the mouth that sounds like "Foo". Hence,it got the name Foogdi or fugdi.
                        Types of Fugdi

The two sub-forms are "katti fugdi" and "kalshi fugdi". The former is a performance with coconut shells in hands whereas; the latter form is performed in satari taluka with water pitchers ('kalahi') after the Shravan religious rituals of newly wedded women.

Romat Dance

ROMAT DANCE
This thanks-giving ceremonial dance-cum-procession performed during the Shigmo festival is known as Romat in the northern Goa and Mell in the central goa. It is an extremely crowded, noisey and colourful affair. Teams of Dancer drawn from different sections of the village dance and march martially with huge banners, ceremonial umbrellas festooned sticked and batons towards the temple of the presiding deity or to the house of the landlord.

The cacophony emanating from deafening beats of huge 'Dhols' and 'Tashas' and a prolonged, vigorous dancing procession displaying colourful dresses leave the spectators spell-bound.

Dhalo Dance

Dhalo Dance

Dhalo Dance is one of the most popular dances, Dhalo is performed by women on the moonlit night on 'Pausha' month. Compared to Fugdi dance,this dance is slow. The songs are in Kokani 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 form a close knit by linking themselves arm-around, the back arrangement, singing in unison. The songs cover religious and social themes. The dance goes on every night for a week. On the concluding day, women sport all sorts of fency dresses and caricature man.

Dekhni Dance

Dekhni Dance

Dekhni in Konkani language means "bewitching beauty". This solo song-cum-dance performed only by women to the accompaniment of folk drum "Ghumat", displays a rare blend of Indian and Western cultures. The dance enacts the life of a "Devdas" (literally meaning servant of God) girl whose job is to perform dance in temples and social ceremonies like weddings.
Theme
The theme is of a Devdasi girl who comes to a riverbank to take a ferry to reach the other side where she has an appointment to dance in a wedding. She requests the adamant boatman for a favour and is even ready to offer him her golden earring for taking her across urgently.
The dance set to western rhythms and Indian melody, is livened up by the conversion between the girl and the boatman in the form of a lilting song, which lingers in the mind for a long time.