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020 _a9788194194231
_qhbk
041 _aeng
082 _a793.319
_bSUB
100 _aSubhash Tomar
245 _aAn introduction to hindu dancing
_cSubhash Tomar
260 _aDelhi
_bPeridot Literary Books
_c2019
300 _a280 p.
_b: ill. (black and white)
_c; 25 cm
504 _aBiblio
520 _aArcheological evidence for early dance includes 9,000-year-old paintings in India at the Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, and Egyptian tomb paintings depicting dancing figures, dated c. 3300 BC. It has been proposed that before the invention of written languages, dance was an important part of the oral and performance methods of passing stories down from generation to generation. The use of dance in ecstatic trance states and healing rituals.
650 _aHindu dance
942 _cREF
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_d565635