{"id":350215,"date":"2025-11-18T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=350215"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:08:10","slug":"ghoomar-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ghoomar-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghoomar Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Ghoomar Festival 2025 will, for the <strong>first time<\/strong>, be held <strong>simultaneously at all seven divisional headquarters of Rajasthan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About Ghoomar Dance<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_350216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350216\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-350216\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Zee-News.jpg?resize=228%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ghoomar Dance\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Zee-News.jpg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Zee-News.jpg?w=653&amp;ssl=1 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Zee News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ghoomar<\/strong> or <strong>ghumar<\/strong> is a <strong>traditional <\/strong><strong>folk dance <\/strong>of <strong>Rajasthan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meaning of the name:<\/strong> The name comes from the <strong>word &#8220;ghoomna,&#8221; <\/strong>which means <strong>to twirl or spin.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It originally began as a <strong>folk dance of the Bhil tribe<\/strong> to worship <strong>Goddess Sarasvati<\/strong> and was later adopted by other communities in Rajasthan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is performed by <strong>women<\/strong> in flowing, <strong>vibrant skirts called <em>ghaghara<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is characterized by <strong>graceful twirling (ghoomna)<\/strong> and <strong>moving in and out of a large circle.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occasions:<\/strong> It is performed during celebrations such as <strong>weddings, festivals<\/strong> like Teej and Gangaur, and other auspicious events.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instruments:<\/strong> It is accompanied by <strong>traditional folk music<\/strong>, often featuring the <strong>Dhol (drum), Nagada, Shehnai, and Harmonium<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cultural Significance:<\/strong> In Rajasthani culture, Ghoomar symbolizes <strong>joy, celebration, femininity, and communal harmony.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Ghoomar Festival 2025 will, for the first time, be held simultaneously at all seven divisional headquarters of Rajasthan. About Ghoomar Dance Ghoomar or ghumar is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan. Meaning of the name: The name comes from the word &#8220;ghoomna,&#8221; which means to twirl or spin. Origin: It originally began as a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ghoomar-dance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ghoomar Dance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-350215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350215","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\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}