Combining sacred traditions with impressive athletic skills, Pung Cholam is not for unconsciousness - or any dizziness.From the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, the use of acrobatics, martial arts and hand-fed drum in dance form, which is called Pung. According to Jawaharlal Nehru Manipuri Dance Academy's dancer Laipubum Upendra Sharma, Pung, also called Manipuri Drum, Manipuri Sankartana is the "soul" of music and classical dance.
Sharma told This is an essential part of all religious and social rituals and is the object of worship." "The cultural significance of dance lies in the use of this respectable thing, which is essential for the sacred tradition." There is nothing serious about movements in this respected dance.
Pung Cholam requires intense physical training of explosive techniques, the dancers take 10 years to complete their craft. Sharma says, "Dancer needs to be physically strong, agile and open for regular training under his mentor," says Sharma, who trains trains six times per week to stay on top of his craft Are there.
Artists need rock-hard core strength for demand dancing and "require the right size for the necessary stamina for continuous acrobatic dance demands."
Pung Cholam is also known as Mringanga Kirtan or Dhumal or Drama Dance. This dance is done with a drum, a drummer. This dance is done independently in front of an integral part of social gathering or social gathering of men.
When it is part of Natya, two players participate in its performance, but at least 14 players in the form of an independent dance performance follow the sequence of Nata Shankaran. This series is presented in more than 40 complex tals and sanchar which represents the special compositions of the rhythm.
Common rules organized for their performance are related to religious festivals of Hindus. The number of players can increase up to 100 times. Performance is full of various types of body movements that are performed with great artistic skill and excitement. Occasionally, the sound of roaring voice creates the sounds of birds and animals. In the initial phase, the movement is soft, but later becomes important and forceful. It adds to its features that the artist wear a special type of turban(kokyet), which they release from the inclination of their head and their movements. Turbans are lightweight and have unique features. Drummer or artist leaving his kokyet(turban) on the ground gives the person's liveliness and happiness to watch the dance.
