Rajasthan is a region of India, home to several important centers of Indian musical development, including Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jaipur. The region's music shares similarities both with nearby areas of India and the other side of the border, in the Pakistani province of Sindh.
There are two traditional classes of musicians: the Langas, who stuck mostly exclusively to Muslim audiences and styles, and the Manganiars, who had a more liberal approach.
Traditional music includes the women's panihari songs, which lyrically describes chores, especially centered around water and wells, both of which are an integral part of Rajasthan's desert culture. Other songs, played by various castes, normally begin with the alap, which sets the tune and is followed by a recital of a couplet (dooba). Epic ballads tell of heroes like Gogaji, Ramdeoji and Tejaji.
Dances of Rajasthan like the rest of India are the expression of its people's passion for life through their bodies swinging and tapping vigorously to the soulful music that Rajasthan is famous for.
Music and dance are an essential part of the tribal life of Rajasthan.
The dance and the music of Rajasthan has a haunting effect in it that comes from the spectacular beauty and the brutal harshness of the terrain as well as from the vibrance, zeal, passion, grace and heroism of its people and their lives.
There is dancing, singing, drama, devotional music and puppet shows and other community festivities which transform the hardworking Rajasthanis into a fun-loving and carefree individual.
The music gradually rises in tempo and reaches a crescendo, the dancers seem to be in a trance, like state.
Terahtaal: Terahtaal is derived from the hindo word '13', it is performed with the aid of 13 cymbals, which are fastened to the bodies of the female dancers who are accompanied by male singers and drummers.
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