10th OCTOBER 2019 , CHILDREN'S FOLK MORNING @ Veer Durga Das Memorial Park, Masuriya Pahadi, jodhpur<div><br></div><div><div>Jodhpur RIFF presented a varied and wondrous morning of music, dance, storytelling and more for Jodhpur’s young ones, featuring: Kathputli - String puppetry using wooden dolls or marionettes. The Kathputli is performed on a miniature stage with highly dramatic narration and music, retelling stories that reflect pertinent social concerns or the valour of erstwhile kings. Developed and popularized by the Bhat community in Rajasthan over 1500 years ago, and once the most popular form of children’s entertainment, even though there are few accomplished practitioners left today, it continues to hold an iconic status in Rajasthan’s culture. Ghoomer - Initially introduced by the Bhil tribe of Rajasthan and then gradually adopted by other communities, ghoomer is a dance where women in their traditional ghagra (long swirling skirt) and choli (blouse) pirouette while moving in and out of a wide circle, to the tune of traditional songs and the rhythm of hands clapping. The word ‘ghoomna’ describes the twirling movement of the dancers and is the basis of the word ‘ghoomer’. Kachchi Ghodi - A novel dance form performed on colourful dummy-horses in which men in elaborate and embellished costumes dance rhythmically to beating drums, under a large umbrella chhatarkotla- while a singer narrates the exploits of the Bhavaria bandits of Shekhawati. Young Langa musicians – For our young audiences we present young sarangiya Langa musicians, who sing and simultaneously play the exquisite Sindhi sarangi as well as other instruments such as the algoza and morchang. Trained by their ustad, the budding young masters of the community will share their music and inspire school children as they continue to uphold the legacy of their forefathers. Rajasthani Circus - India's earliest circuses featured numerous traditional performing art forms from Rajasthan - acrobats, magicians, musicians, dancers and a variety of bhawai artists performing feats of daring. While it is rare to see such acts today, Jodhpur RIFF assembles some of the best artists still performing these forms, to re-create a traditional circus for our young audiences. Teraah Taali - Created and traditionally performed by the Kamad community, the performers in teraah taali move to the reverberating sounds of teraah i.e. thirteen cymbals or manjira that are fastened to their waist, wrists, elbows, and hands. This dance form is an eclectic mix of movement and sound and gives the unique impression that the dance itself is producing music instead of following music. Punctuated with displays of balancing multiple pots piled on a dancer’s head, holding a sword between one's teeth or lit oil lamps on one's palms, the teraah taali form is a unique demonstration of skill, agility and grace.<br></div></div>