Jhumair

Jhumair or Jhumar is an Indian folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. It is folk dance of Sadan, the Indo-Aryan ethnic groups of Chotanagpur. It is mainly performed during harvest season. The musical instruments used are Mandar, Dhol, Nagara, Bansuri. This dance style consists of performers standing in a row holding hands, singings couplets, swaying their bodies, clapping their hands and occasionally adding timed jumps.

Varieties
The Jhumair/Jhumar from different region vary from each other in style. There are variety of Jhumar in the region of Chotanagpur such as:
 * Khortha Jhumar
 * Kurmali Jhumar
 * Panch Pargarnia Jhumar
 * Nagpuri Jhumar
 * Mardani Jhumar
 * Janani Jhumar

Notable exponent

 * Govind Sharan Lohra, folk artist from Jharkhand
 * Mukund Nayak, folk artist from Jharkhand