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Chaap
Native nameچاپ (Balochi)
GenreFolk dance
Instrument(s)Sorna, Dohol, Nar Sur, Suroz, Naal, Taboora
Balochi dance performed by graduates of folk dance academy, Tehran, Iran
Balochi dance performed by graduates of folk dance academy, Tehran, Iran

Chaap (Balochi:چاپ) is a traditional folk danceofBaloch peopleinBalochistan.[1][2][3][4][5] Chaap dance is performed in circle with a rhythmic clapping.[6][7]

It is also identified by the number of claps in a recurring grouping (do chapi, se chapi, char chapi).[8]

Do-Chapi

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Do-Chapi(Balochi:دو چاپی) is a balochi[9] dance mostly performed by forming a circle by a group of people, dancing and clapping.[10] and some cases sticks or swords.[11]

It mostly performed by forming a circle by a group of people, dancing and clapping. Do-Chapi almost always includes Sorna and Dohol.[12]

Women's dancing is a little different from men's, they walk two steps behind during the dance and repeat their steps with a slight movement in a circle while clapping.[13]

Background

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Chaap is a Balochi word that means clapping,[14] and the dance is called nach in Balochi.[15]

Balochi Dance
Balochi Dance

Most of Balochi dances include clappings (Chaps). Every dance include unique style of clappings with different body movements in the circle. Balochi dances are performed separately by men and women in big circle while dance together with clappings.[16]

Various types of ‘Chaap’ include Balochi Lewa, Hambo and Latti. Chaap is often performed when many musical instruments exclusive to the Balochi culture and balochi music, like Nar Sur, Suroz, Naal and Taboora are played.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Abbas, Huma Jalil (2006). Pakistan the land and its culture. p. 48.
  • ^ Dil, Anwar (1965). Perspectives on Pakistan. p. 202.
  • ^ "People performing Balochi dance during function to mark Baloch Culture Day". 2 March 2022.
  • ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's Staff (3 March 2013). "'Baloch culture day' celebrated". DAWN.COM.
  • ^ "Culture Day festivities in Balochistan". 2 March 2018.
  • ^ "Baloch traditions: Food, games and dances you didn't know of - LifeStyle". Dunya News.
  • ^ "An unexpected artist: Seeing beauty in the broken". The Express Tribune. 12 January 2014.
  • ^ Numsi, G. (January 2020). "The Performance and Patronage of Baloch Culture through Music (and Related Arts) in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula".
  • ^ Claus & Diamond & Ann Mills, Peter J & Sarah & Ann Mills (2003). South Asian Folklore. p. 43.
  • ^ "The uniqueness of the special dance called Dho Chapi performed at the end of a wedding". 26 March 2019.
  • ^ Numsi, G. (January 2020). "The Performance and Patronage of Baloch Culture through Music (and Related Arts) in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula".
  • ^ "دوچاپی آیینی ماندگار در سیستان و بلوچستان" (in Persian). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  • ^ "The infectious Baloch dance". 17 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022.
  • ^ Dames, Mansel Longworth (1922). A text book of the Balochi language : consisting of miscellaneous stories, legends, poems and Balochi-English vocabulary. p. 32.
  • ^ "آشنایی با موسیقی نواحی سیستان و بلوچستان" [Getting to know the music of Sistan and Baluchistan]. Hamshahri (in Persian). 24 December 2019.
  • ^ Dashti, Naseer (2007). In a Baloch Perspective. p. 11. ISBN 9789699149009.
  • ^ "The infectious Baloch dance". Daily Times. 17 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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