In which of the following states of India is Hojagiri dance predominantly performed?

Correct — C. Hojagiri is a folk dance of Tripura, performed by women of the Reang or Bru community at the Lakshmi puja that follows Durga Puja.

Its signature is balance. The dancer stands on an earthen pitcher and moves only the lower body, keeping a bottle with a lit lamp steady on her head while the torso stays still.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Kerala — Kerala's stage and ritual forms include Kathakali, Mohiniyattam and the ritual Theyyam. Hojagiri is not a Kerala form and has no Malayalam name.
• (b)
  Maharashtra — Maharashtra's folk repertoire runs to Lavani, Tamasha and Dhangari Gaja. Hojagiri is a north-eastern dance, not a Marathi one.
• (d)
  Himachal Pradesh — Himachal's dancing is the Nati and its variants, danced in long lines on hill slopes. Hojagiri has no Himachali connection.

Folk-dance items are asked as name to state, and the safest anchor is the community rather than the state.

Hojagiri belongs to the Reang, one of Tripura's major tribal communities, so the dance travels with them wherever the question places it.

The name points at the occasion the Bengali calendar calls Kojagari Lakshmi Puja — the full-moon night after Durga Puja, named from the question asking who is awake.

Key facts

• Hojagiri is performed in Tripura by women of the Reang, also called Bru, community.
• The dancers balance on an earthen pitcher while holding a bottle and a lit lamp steady on the head.
• The dance belongs to the Lakshmi puja held on the full-moon night after Durga Puja.

Common traps

• Guessing a southern or western state because the name is unfamiliar
• Confusing Hojagiri with Bihu or Cheraw, which belong to Assam and Mizoram

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