Lavni: The Great Indian Folk Dance

September 102009

Lavani is a combination of traditional song and dance, which particulary performed to the enchanting beats of ‘Dholak’, an drum like instrument. This dance is performed by attractive women wearing nine-yard saris. The women gyrate on the pulsating beats of traditional music.

The word Lavani originates from “Lavanya”, meaning beauty. Earlier, this art form dealt with different and varied subject matters such as society, religion, politics, romance, etc.
Lavani was used as a form of entertainment and morale booster to the tired soldiers during the 18th and 19th century Maratha battle.

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25 Responses

  1. natashia1992 Says:

    wow this is great …
    wow this is great dancing i like it :D

  2. agritakapoor Says:

    IT IS NOT …
    IT IS NOT VISIBLE
    STUPIDS!

  3. budgiebudgielover Says:

    Lol, funny. I love …
    Lol, funny. I love Lavani dancing.

  4. AnaKnight4u71 Says:

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    ~~I’M JUST THE SWEET GIRL FROM NEXT DOOR ~

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  5. canelaymorusa Says:

    wow shes amazing
    wow shes amazing

  6. SnowMacedonian Says:

    WOW! Amazing!
    WOW! Amazing!

  7. nitin1947 Says:

    Its much better to …
    Its much better to watch this with family than
    K serials adoring polygamy and extra-marital relationship.

  8. shridhanyam Says:

    Excellent. Post …
    Excellent. Post this on ‘Dynamycdesi’ as well. It is also a good site.

  9. sukhadevpawar Says:

    eret
    eret

  10. uzzietruth Says:

    go urself …
    go urself moron…dont tell me ur country is doing any better culturally, taking on muslim architecture and splendor and aping the West and trampling over each other in quest of looking fair thru facial bleaches, and aping the americans with ur funny thickened dumb mor9onic khutt khutt wutt wutt hindi accents! monkey morons!

  11. freemindtp Says:

    uzzie : DON’T EVER …
    uzzie : DON’T EVER ING POST ON ANY THREAD ABOUT LAVNI !!! Don’t you see you and your country is so ing getting screwed by all of the western world. Accept it you ARE DUMB. Where did your ing grandma take a ??? in your mouth or did she have a “Moen” made toilet ???

  12. uzzietruth Says:

    oye hindu-nigger …
    oye hindu-nigger chhakko! YOUR culture? you have one? u imitate western ideas in your media, parade magnificent muslim culture architecture and traditions as indian, try to copy the accent of americans (but r so lousy – whutt whautt butt butt), wear western clothing on your laughable weak physiques, try to bleach your in-ugly-black faces fair through using Western creams, ur women are busy getting humped by Muslims and whites, and then majority of indians on the street sides! hahahaha

  13. nitinjadav66 Says:

    thx to see this …
    thx to see this video keep it up

  14. frenchgirl51 Says:

    I love how the …
    I love how the dance moves are so well thought out and graceful. And the Cloths have so beautifuly made thanks for posting it

  15. savita1926 Says:

    Can you watch this …
    Can you watch this while sitting with your mother and daughter. This is club dance not family entertainment. You need to relex.

  16. 4ray Says:

    Because it is …
    Because it is sensual doesnt make it dance of hookers. Besides hookers are folk too : )Maharastra ‘people’ should relax.

  17. neelima25 Says:

    bakwaas
    bakwaas

  18. bina1rani Says:

    but…..this is a …
    but…..this is a folk dance. and those are
    classical. how can one compare?

  19. savita1926 Says:

    I am Gujarat and …
    I am Gujarat and this is God munjara dance or the dance of Hookers, this is not a folk dance.

    Calling it folk dance is an insult to Maharastra people and their culture.

  20. mangeshpingale Says:

    zhakaaas
    zhakaaas

  21. kakaflying Says:

    this dance has none …
    this dance has none of the finesse or beauty of bharatanatyam, Odissi, or Kuchipudi….

  22. zendoo00 Says:

    Ya. It’s from …
    Ya. It’s from Maharashtra. One of the great Lavni dancer is Surekha Punekar. Don’t miss her program if you get the chance. 100% entertainment gauranteed.

  23. bina1rani Says:

    what is a lavni …
    what is a lavni dance? is it from maharahstra? it does not look like a folk dance, though.

  24. snorked Says:

    Terrible video …
    Terrible video editing. You can never see the dancer’s whole body for more than a second, so it’s impossible to really follow the dance. Totally amateur.

  25. yahoofor Says:

    thanks for putting …
    thanks for putting lavani here. I was searchin for it long time.

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