Chholiya Dance.
Chholiya (or Chhaliya)is a dance form practised in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, India and some parts of Sudur Paschim province (Mainly in Baitadi and Darchula district) of Nepal. It is basically a sword dance accompanying a marriage procession but now it is performed on many auspicious occasions.
Chholiya Dance
It is especially popular in the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat and Pithoragarh of Kumaon division and has even spread to the Garhwal division. And it is popular in Baitadi and Darchula district of Nepal.
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Dating back to over a thousand years, the Choliya Dance has its origins in the warring Kshatriyas of Kumaun- the Khasas and Katyuris when marriages were performed at the point of the swords.
The native Kshatriyas were united by the Chand Kings who arrived' on the scene in the 10th century. Flux of immigrants Rajputs who made native kshatriyas a small minority also took on the hill customs and influenced pahari culture with their traditions and language. The days of marriages on the point of sword were over, but the traditions attached to it still continued.
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