Baluchi Dance

BALUCHI DANCE Baluchis' are a nomadic Indo-Iranian tribe who live in southeast Iran, southwest Afghanistan and in Western Pakistan and speak a dialect related to Persian. Baluchi folk dance is characterized by stepping and turning in and out of a circle. The men often do squatting steps with feet fairly far apart, then they rise and repeat the turning. The men and women may dance separately or together, the women's styling more demure. Although Baluchis have a more coarse character compared to some, their dance features some of the softer styling from Indian influence but in a less restricted motif. The dancers may plie after step turns, pausing and creating a little bounce. The men may wear long sleeves that hang below the hand so that turning with hands extended out to sides causes the sleeves to "fly". The men's costuming is light cotton, billowy pants with long matching shirts and a vest or short jacket, and a silky striped turban of the Pakistani style with one end starched to fan out, tucked in so that it stands up in front. The turban is worn over a tall, rounded cap which may have gold embroidery. Men dance barefoot or in simple sandals. Instruments for Baluchi music consist of sorud, also known as sarang or gaichak outside of Baluchistan, it is a skin-covered bowed instrument with a mysterious echo. Another instrument used is the rebab, which is a plucked instrument with a long, deep, skin-covered soundbox and finally the tanbire, which is a large, long, three-stringed lute similar to an Afghan tambur used as a drone instrument. The rhythm instruments can be the dohol, (large barrel drum), the tabla, or frame drum, doira.

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