Kalbelia dance

• Kalbelia dance is integral to the culture of Kalbelia tribe of Rajasthan. 
• The tribe’s main occupation is catching snakes and trading snake venom, and that’s why the movements and even the black dress is remnisicent of snakes. 
• Women perform the dance while the men take care of the music. Local and traditional musical instruments such as ‘dufli’, ‘been’ , ‘morchang’ and ‘dholak’ are used to create a rhythm on which the dancers perform. The beauty of the dance lies in the fact that as the music progresses, it gets faster and so do the movements of the dancer.