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Chaap ( Balochi:) is a traditional
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.
Various types of 'Chaap' include Balochi Lewa, Hambo and Latti.
Chaap is often performed when many
Chaap ( Balochi:) is a traditional folk
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dance
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of Baloch people
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in Balochistan
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. Chaap dance is performed in circle with a rhythmic clapping.
It is also identified by the number of claps in a recurring grouping (do chapi, se chapi, char chapi).
Do-Chapi
Do-Chapi( Balochi:) is a balochi dance mostly performed by forming a circle by a group of people, dancing andclapping
A clap is the percussive sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals. Humans clap with the palms of their hands, often quickly and repeatedly to express appreciation or approval (see applause), bu ...
. and some cases sticks or swords.
It mostly performed by forming a circle by a group of people, dancing and clapping. Do-Chapi almost always includes Sorna
The sornā or sornāy (, also ''surnā'', ''surnāy'' and also ''Zurna'') is an ancient Iranian woodwind instrument.
Etymology
The word was most likely borrowed from an unknown Indo-European cognate of Luwian ''𒍪𒌨𒉌'' (zurni, “horn ...
and Dohol.
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.
Background
Chaap is a Balochi word that meansclapping
A clap is the percussive sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals. Humans clap with the palms of their hands, often quickly and repeatedly to express appreciation or approval (see applause), bu ...
, and the dance is called nach in Balochi.
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.
Various types of 'Chaap' include Balochi Lewa, Hambo and Latti.
Chaap is often performed when many musical instruments
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person who pl ...
exclusive to the Balochi culture and balochi music, like Nar Sur, Suroz
The suroz ( Balochi: سُروز or سُرود) is a bowed string instrument with a long neck, similar to a fiddle or sarangi and played vertically. It is considered the traditional instrument of the Baloch people in Balochistan.
Suroz is a Ba ...
, Naal and Taboora are played.
See also
* Balochi musicReferences
Balochi music Baloch culture {{Folk-dance-stub