Cheraw dance Cheraw dance Cheraw dance is a traditionally ritual dance performed in Mizoram, India, consisting of mostly six to eight people holding a pairs of bamboo staves on another horizontally placed bamboo at the ground. The male performers then clap the bamboos rhythmically while groups of beautiful girls dances in an intricate steps between the beating bamboos . It is one of the most famous and beautiful dances in Mizoram, and a center of attraction during festive occasions. Similar dances are found in the Far East and in the Philippines. In 2010,a Guinness World Record of largest number of cheraw dancers
Tinikling faster as the dance progresses, forcing the dancers closer together as their movements become more frantic. The dancers hold hands at the last part of the dance, when the tempo is the fastest. They end the dance by letting go of each other's hands and stepping out entirely of the moving bamboo poles. For the dance, females traditionally wear a dress called "balintawak" or "patadyong", and males wear an untucked embroidered shirt called the "barong Tagalog". The "balintawak" are colorful dresses with wide arched sleeves and the "patadyong" is a pineapple fiber blouse paired with checkered skirts. The "barong Tagalog"