Chu Faat is another significant folk dance performed in honor of Mount Kanchenjunga, including four 4 adjoining peaks Mt. Kabru, Mt. Pandim, Mt. Narshing, and Mt. Simbrum. These 5 major peaks are believed to be the storehouse of 5 hidden treasures like Minerals, Medicine, Food grains, Salt, and Sacred Books. The dancers carrying green bamboo leaves and butter lamps perform this ritualistic dance with the religious songs.
Literal meaning of Chu is Snowy Range, while that of Faat is Worship. This group folk dance is performed in the honour of Mount Khangchendzonga, the guardian deity of the Sikkimese people. The dancers while carrying butter lamps and green bamboo leaves perform a ritualistic dance by singing devotional songs
Chu faat is measured as the oldest folk dance of Sikkim belongs to Lepcha group. It is presented to pay respect the five peaks as Mt Nursing, Mt kabru,Mt pandim,Mt Kanchenjunga, and Mt Simbrum which are known as the protector of five natural resources such as medicine , salt , minerals ,food grains and sacred books . The performance of dance held according to the Tibetan calendar, that is fifteenth day of seventh month.
The dancers dance on so many devotional songs and also carry green bamboo leaves and better lamps of their hands during their performance. Over the last few years this dance has been the great tourist attraction. One can witness amazing performances of dance any time of the year. One can find numerous monasteries of Sikkim and almost every monastery has performed its own annual festival where the performance of dance is mandatory .which allures all dance lovers towards itself.
Rashid Umar Khan
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