’Kud’ dance of Jammu

Artists performing ’Kud’ dance of Jammu region of India at Surajkund International Craft Fair in Faridabad, Haryana, India. The Kud dance is one of the hilly region dances from Jammu, exhibits swaying & sinuous movements. Kud is basically a ritual dance performed in honor of Lok Devatas. This is a kind of thanks-giving ritual based dance performed mostly during nights. As characteristics of all folk dances, spontaneity is also a feature of this dance. People of all ages and sexes participate in this folk d