Prajwal Naik
GOAN FOLK DANCES The state Goa is rich with many folk dances with its own ways of praising god and the “Rakhonkar”. Well, you won’t feel the energy if you haven’t watched any one among this folk dances. The instruments mostly used are Taso, Dhol, and Kasale. This are main instruments excluding it Ghumat and Shamel is also used. The energy of every person while performing the dance is just of another level. Looking at them you also feel energetic too. I have seen some dance forms personally about which I would like to share more information to you all who will be reading my blog. So the first one is: Ghode Modni This folk dance is performed in some parts of the talukas of Goa, which lie near the northern boundaries of Goa. It represents the horse (ghode) mounted cavalier, setting off to war. Ghode Modni (‘Ghode’ means ‘horse’ and ‘Modni’ means ‘gyrations and dance-like movements’) is literally a dance involvi...