Maghi naach: A study of performance and Tharu identity
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Maaghi Celebration, the greatest carnival observed by Dangura Tharu, reflects
their belief, life style, art, and their identity. The socialand aesthetic dimensions of their
life disclosesin Maghi performance.The songs of Maghi Naach further externalize the
emotion and the feeling of Tharu people’s agrarian life.In this way, MaghiNaach is
more than what can be seen:it reflects and assertsthe identityand ideologyofDangura
Tharu through their costume, setting, bodily movement and the pattern of Naach.