Question

This Kashmiri dance is performed only by the men-folk of the Wattal tribe. They wear long colourful robes and tall conical caps studded with beads and shells. The songs on which the dancers perform are folk songs that are sung by them in chorus. Name the dance.

• A. Rauf
• B. Hikat
• C. Nagmagen
• D. Dumhal

Answer 1

The correct option is D Dumhal

• The Dumhal dance is performed by the men folk of the Wattal tribe of Kashmir.
• This dance is performed with long colourful robes, tall conical caps. Dumhal dance is accompanied by songs which the performers themselves sing.
• Performers of this dance place a banner into the ground at a fixed location and begin to dance around this banner.