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Chaiti ghoda

Folk dance from Odisha, India.

Chaiti ghoda
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About Chaiti ghoda

Chaiti ghoda nacha is one of the popular folk dance forms of Odisha, India. The dance is performed by aboriginal fishermen tribes like the Keot (Kaibarta). Chaiti represent the chaitra month of the Hindu calendar year, that is, from March to April to the full moon in Baisakh, that is, from April to May; ghoda means horse in Odia and Hindi language.

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