Lezim Dance:
A scene of Lezim dance in the upcoming Bollywood film Chhava, based on the life of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, has led to controversy in Maharashtra.
- Lezim Dance is a folk dance from
- It gets its name after a musical instrument – a unique wooden stick, with jingling cymbals attached to it that the dancers carry while performing the dance.
- The dance is accompanied by a dhol or dhalgi (small dhol).
- Lezim is a kind of musical instrument which was traditionally used in all folk dances but today it is primarily used in Ganesha procession.
- Lezim dance is a rigorous physical exercise in which the formations are in twos and fours and sometimes even a circle.
- There are no winds or string instruments accompanying it, often there is no song accompaniment either, but sometimes, a song can be sung.
