Radha dance.

Radha dance.

In Simga days at many a place in south of the district are found Radha troupes giving display of a musical dance at every house, and collecting posta. These troupes comprise the central figure of the Radha, a dancer boy dressed in an upper class woman's attire, and the leader singer who generally uses tals. The Radha has cals tied at her ankle. Persons to play on dholki, daph, tuntune and at times vina, and the Sankasura are the other accompanists. In some places, Sankasura dances with Radha, while in some places the leader of the group comes forward and dances with Radha when occasion arsies. In the starting movements the Radha starts shuffling her feet forward, the jingling sounds of the cals perfectly harmonizing with other accompaniments. As she advances bit by bit, the right hand is fully stretched forward and left one is bent at the elbow, the palms describing gracefully circuits to resemble the movements of a creeper caused by a gentle breeze. After a few inches of space have thus been covered, the dancer rotates round herself from the right to the left, and with a light graceful jump brings this initial movement to a close. The dancer and the leader-singer then sing a line which is repeated in chorus by the group. There is no foot-work while the two sing, but when the line is repeated in chorus, the dancer tries to convey the contents by movements and expressions