Rajbanshi folk dance: special emphasis on ‘hastasanchalana’
The Rajbanshis are greatest group of people in North East India, North Bengal (Previous Cooch Behar dynasty) Some part of Bangladesh, Nepal & Bihar. They have their own rich rituals and customs including song, traditional theatre and folk dances. Rajbanshis are practicing their dance movement in between life cycle of them. Several types of dances are practiced by them over the year. We can find the hand movements (Hastasanchalana) and steppings of these dances but it is not known whether they follow specific rules or not.