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ABOUT NICFD:
National Institute of Chhau & Folk Dances is an NGO cultural group (A non govermental organisation) which is striving hard to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of INDIA. Founded in 1985 under the leadership and guidance of Mr. Vijoy Kishore, Dr. Mira Kishore, Dr. BB Mahato and Mr. H P Bodhanwalla, our organisation comprises mostly of the TRIBAL, FOLK and RITUALISTIC Dances of East India (State of Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal) and we have affiliation and coordination with other NGO's in Northern part of India.
The dances of our group are: CHHAU DANCE, NAGPURI DANCE, PAIKA DANCE, JHOOMAR DANCE, GHODA NAACH, SAPERAN DANCE etc. We also have folk music specialists in our group and we've flute, drums (DHOL) band and Nagpuri music, which is a combination of vocal and instrumental music.
More than 300 tribal villages are affiliated to our NGO and more than 300 dancers and musicians in our group.
Dance in our area is a way of life and it is not a profession to make money, it is something for joy and community sharing and harmony. It believes in the "GURI-SHISHYA parampara" (the teacher-student relationship) which has a history of more than 2000 years old.
The leading artist of Chha u dance Mr. Nepal Mahato was given warm welcome during the Festival of India in U.K. 1982 and he has been conferred one of the highest awards by the Government of India, and that award is of "PADAMSHREE". We are happy to inform that one of the admirers of our Chhau Dance is Honourable Princess Anne of England.
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