Chhau Mahotsav

Chhau Mahotsav is regionally celebrated particularly during spring every year Chhau is a semi classical Indian dance with martial tribal and folk origins being a syncretic dance form that emerged from a fusion of classical Hindu dances and the traditions of ancient regional tribes The dance ranges from celebrating martial arts acrobatics and athletics performed in festive themes of a folk dance to a structured dance with religious themes found in Shaivism Shaktism and Vaishnavism The costumes of the dance are with using masks to identify the character which are basically performed by males