SOCIAL DANCES:
Extreme happiness calls for a celebration. Dance and celebration go hand in hand. Human beings are essentially social. There are some events in the social life that fill one with great happiness which enkindle the desire for celebration. Such occasions are marriage and birth of a child. It is not only the family but also the entire community living together in the village feel very happy. These are the events that ensure continuity of the community and of the tradition nurtured by it. Therefore marriage and childbirth are celebrated by all the societies. There is yet another kind of social dance in which unmarried boys and girls choose their partners. This kind of dances will also falls under this category (Pani, J. 2000: 62). Such dances are Yialakma. Ke-langma, Sangini etc. which have been described under different types of dances in this chapter.