In Bundelkhand , This dance is performed every year during the festival of light -Diwali/Deepawali
in the end of October or first week of November according to lunar calendar. In
this connection the epic story goes that "in Gokul” when Lord Krishna raised Goverdhan
Parvat on his finger to save the local people, they danced in joy. The dancers wear
multi-coloured apparels and the chief dancer holds the peacock feathers in his hands
and the rest stick those feathers in their half pants. The main instruments used
in this dance are ‘Dholak’ and ‘Nagaria’ (both being a form of drums). The male
dancers with long sticks show the marshal arts when the beats of drums inspire their
energy and emotions. This dance is also performed as a ‘thanks giving’ after harvesting.