Jhumra Dance
The Jhumra is based on a sanskriti text, the "Geet Govinda". The dance is popular to the Tharu community, a tribe living in a hot,plain belt of Nepal in the southeast of the kingdom. This
dance is performed on special festival occasion like Bada Dashain, which is the
most important of all Nepalese festival. This dance has several local
variations such as, the Jhumi, Jhumra, Dhumi, and Dhumra.