SHONDOL
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