Handmade Dancing Kathak Ghungru

DakshCraft Ghungroo or dancing bells are musical anklets tied to the feet of classical Indian dancers. A string of ghungroos can range from 10 to 200 bells knotted together. Ghungroos are worn in traditional performances of the classical Indian dance forms. Dancers string them on ropes or sew them onto cloth or leather strips and wear them around ankles. Larger ghungroos may be strung on a circle of wire and shaken as accompaniment to a song. They are often fixed to other instruments to add to the sound. The bells are decorative in themselves and the cords strung are often bright and finished with tassels.

Indian Dancing Instrument Ghungroo

Classical Indian Music and Classical Indian Dance enriches the life of every men whose interest goes deeper into this subject. The musical instruments have their own importance in the field of music. Most of the Indian musical instruments have evolved over centuries. Ghunghroo has its roots in traditional Indian ornament Payal, which was and is still worn on ankles by ladies, mostly to indicate their presence, or declare their arrival.

Indian Classical Instruments

A string of ghungroo can range from 100 bells knotted together. Ghungroo are worn in traditional performances of the classical Indian dance forms. Indian Music actually refers to an old music,a traditional one based on raga and a rhythmic system called "tala". Raga is considered to be the melodic basis of Indian classical music. Most of the Indian musical instruments have evolved over centuries. The various musical instruments of India have contributed immensely in making Indian music famous.

Dancing Ghungroo

Ghungroo is a musical anklet tied to the feet of classical Indian dancers. A string of ghungroo can range from 50 to 200 bells knotted together. Ghungroo are worn in traditional performances of the classical Indian dance forms. Indian Music is very important to Hinduism. Indian Music actually refers to an old music, a traditional one based on raga and a rhythmic system called "tala". Raga is considered to be the melodic basis of Indian classical music. Indian Musical Instruments can be mainly classified into three categories: classical, western and folk instruments.

Music Instrument

Indian Music is very important to Hinduism. Indian Music actually refers to an old music, a traditional one based on raga and a rhythmic system called "tala". Raga is considered to be the melodic basis of Indian classical music. The sounds produced by Ghungru vary greatly in pitch depending on their metallic composition and size. Ghungroos serve to accentuate the rhythmic aspects of the dance and allow complex footwork to be heard by the audience. They are worn immediately above the ankle, resting on the lateral malleolus and medial malleolus.

Dancing Ghungru

Ghungru is a musical anklet tied to the feet of classical Indian dancers. A string of ghungroos can range from 50 to 200 bells knotted together. Ghungroos are worn in traditional performances of the classical Indian dance forms. The sounds produced by Ghungru vary greatly in pitch depending on their metallic composition and size. Ghungroos serve to accentuate the rhythmic aspects of the dance and allow complex footwork to be heard by the audience. They are worn immediately above the ankle, resting on the lateral malleolus and medial malleolus.

                     

Indian Music Instruments

Indian Music is very important to Hinduism. Indian Music actually refers to an old music, a traditional one based on raga and a rhythmic system called "tala". Raga is considered to be the melodic basis of Indian classical music. Indian Musical Instruments can be mainly classified into three categories: classical, western and folk instruments. There are wind, percussion and string instruments. The wind instruments are: bansuri (one of the oldest instruments in India), pungi, shehnai etc.. The percussion ones are: chanda, dhol, dholak, tabla etc. The string ones are: ektara, tanpura, sarangi, sarod, sitar, santoor etc.