SHONDOL

Sept. 23, 2019

Ladakhi Shondol dance has created history by breaking into the Guinness book of world records as the largest Ladakhi dance.

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It was reported that 408 women artists performed the Shondol dance on the occasion of the Annual Naropa Festival, the ongoing Buddhist carnival near the 11th-century world-famous Hemis Monastery in Ladakh.
Shondol, which is known as the royal dance of Ladakh, is performed by Takshoma or women dancers to praise the King of Ladakh on special occasion.

Source : All India Radio

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