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Most of Balochi dances include clappings (Chaps). Every dance include unique style of clappings with different body movements in the circle. Balochi dances are performed separately by men and women in big circle while dance together with clappings.
Various types of ‘Chaap’ include Balochi Lewa, Hambo and Latti.
Chaap is often performed when many musical instruments exclusive to the Balochi culture and balochi music, like Nar Sur,
Chaap (Balochi Balochi, sometimes spelt in various other ways, may refer to:
* Balochi language, a language of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan
* an adjective for something related to the Baloch people, an ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan
* an adjecti ...
:) is a traditional folk dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...
of Baloch people in Balochistan. Chaap dance is performed in circle with a rhythmic clapping.
It is also identified by the number of claps in a recurring grouping (do chapi, se chapi, char chapi).
Do-Chapi
Do-Chapi(Balochi Balochi, sometimes spelt in various other ways, may refer to:
* Balochi language, a language of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan
* an adjective for something related to the Baloch people, an ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan
* an adjecti ...
:) is a balochi dance mostly performed by forming a circle by a group of people, dancing and clapping. and some cases sticks or swords.
It mostly performed by forming a circle by a group of people, dancing and clapping. Do-Chapi almost always includes Sorna and Dohol.
Women's dancing is a little different from men's, they walk two steps behind during the dance and repeat their steps with a slight movement in a circle while clapping.
Background
Chaap is aBalochi Balochi, sometimes spelt in various other ways, may refer to:
* Balochi language, a language of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan
* an adjective for something related to the Baloch people, an ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan
* an adjecti ...
word that means clapping, and the dance is called nach in Balochi.
Most of Balochi dances include clappings (Chaps). Every dance include unique style of clappings with different body movements in the circle. Balochi dances are performed separately by men and women in big circle while dance together with clappings.
Various types of ‘Chaap’ include Balochi Lewa, Hambo and Latti.
Chaap is often performed when many musical instruments exclusive to the Balochi culture and balochi music, like Nar Sur, Suroz
The suroz ( Balochi: سُروز or سُرود) is a bowed string instrument with a long neck, similar to a fiddle or sarangi and played vertically. It is considered the traditional instrument of the Baloch people in Balochistan.
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, Naal and Taboora are played.See also
* Balochi musicReferences
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