{"id":227150,"date":"2023-02-18T19:21:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T13:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=227150"},"modified":"2023-02-18T19:21:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T13:51:38","slug":"what-is-lavani-and-why-is-maharashtras-folk-dance-form-in-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-lavani-and-why-is-maharashtras-folk-dance-form-in-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Lavani, and why is Maharashtra\u2019s folk dance form in controversy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cWhat is Lavani, and why is Maharashtra\u2019s folk dance form in controversy?\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> Indian Express <\/b>on<b> 17th February 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCP leader has directed members of his party to not organize public shows in the name of Lavani.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Lavani?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word Lavani comes from \u2018lavanya\u2019 or beauty. It is a folk song-and-dance performance that is popular in Maharashtra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this, women dancers wearing nine-yard-long sarees in bright colours, make-up and ghunghroos perform on dholak beats on a stage before a live audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Historical significance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavani has a history going back several centuries, and it attained particular popularity in the Peshwa era in the 18th century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Traditionally, performances were held in front of kings or lords, and for the entertainment of tired soldiers resting during breaks in fighting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Types:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are several sub-genres of Lavani, of which the most popular is the Shringarik (erotic) kind, in which the lyrics are often teasing with sensuous dance steps and delicate gestures employed to convey erotic meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the basis for criticism against Lavani?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sensual component in Lavani has long been frowned upon. For instance, in 1948, the then Chief Minister of Bombay banned Lavani performances.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cWhat is Lavani, and why is Maharashtra\u2019s folk dance form in controversy?\u201d published in Indian Express on 17th February 2023 What is the News? NCP leader has directed members of his party to not organize public shows in the name of Lavani. What is Lavani? The word&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-lavani-and-why-is-maharashtras-folk-dance-form-in-controversy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is Lavani, and why is Maharashtra\u2019s folk dance form in controversy?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,7965,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-227150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}