Eversince Man learnt to live a secured life he discovered & understood Music within himself as well as in Nature as a whole. And this led him to give expression to his creative instincts in terms of music and dance. Music basically involves the creation of emotionally pleasing effects by means of Sound, Music & Dance have been and shall forever remain a medium for expressing human thought & feeiing through Tone & Time and the basic elements of music that combine to achieve this effect are melody, rhythm and harmony. Their combination gives rise to a musical form.
Add chythmic synchronous body movements to it and you have ‘Dance’, ‘Folk’ means people in general or a specified class. Folk (Music or Dance) means that of a popular origin. Technically in Folk Music or Dance there is no fixed Grammar . It is ‘By the people For the people’. What is most fascinating about folk music and dance is it flexibility and impromptu innovations or improvisa- tions during its performance.
Dance & Music in the age old indian tradition have been accepted as a medium for not only search for absolute happiness but also for elimination of vices as well as acquisition of virtues. Again, in the typical folk tradition, be it success in a war or hunting, invocation to nature deities, production & protection of crops or marriage & other social festivities & rituals, nothing is complete without music and dance. In fact Folk culture in a way represents the surrender of Man before God Almighty the Creator
Some of the folk-theatre forms or folk dances have not been dealt with in their completeness and some of the unique forms of Western Orissa have not found place in this edition, We apologise for this lapse. It is proposed to bring out another volume highlighting those areas.
Books Info
| Books name | Folk Dances of Orissa |
| Author | Dhirendra Nath Pattnaik |
| No Of pages | 62 |
| Publisher | Orrisa Sangit Natak Ekademy |
| Publication | 2000 |
| Printed At | NA |
| Distributor | NA |