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Ghoomaror ghumar is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan. It was the Bhil tribe who performed it to worship Goddess Saraswati which was later embraced by other Rajasthani communities.[1][2][3][4][5] The dance is chiefly performed by veiled women who wear flowing dresses called ghaghara.[6] The dance typically involves performers pirouetting while moving in and out of a wide circle. The word ghoomna describes the twirling movement of the dancers and is the basis of the word ghoomar.[7][8]

According to the traditional rituals, newly married bride is expected to dance ghoomar on being welcomed to her new marital home.[9] Ghoomar is often performed on special occasions, such as at weddings, festivals and religious occasions.[10] which sometimes lasts for hours.

Ghoomar is of Bhil tribe performed to worship goddess Sarasvati which was later embraced by other Rajasthani communities.[1][2][3][4][5] Bheels were a strong community at that time and were in constant war with Rajput kings. After much fighting peace was made and they began interacting with each other. Ghoomar was performed at Rajputana by local women, later on Rajput elite women also started participating in the dance. Men were not allowed at these dance performances. Ghoomar became popular in the Indian state of Rajasthan during the reigns of Rajput kings, and is typically performed by women during auspicious occasions.[1] Women perform ghoomar with ghoonghat on their head covering their face. The dance form acquires different style and slight change in attire with the different regions of Rajasthan. Ghoomar is performed with faster beats in areas adjoining Gujarat, steps similar to garba style, while slower beats in Dhaulpur Karauli Braj kshetra, similarly difference in attire and dancing style can be seen in Udaipur, Kota, Bundi etc.[11]

Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is already winning the internet as her first song from Padmavati, Ghoomar, has received 8.5 million views on YouTube in less than 24 hours. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film features Deepika in titular role while Shahid Kapoor plays her husband Maharana Rawal Singh. Ranveer Singh essays the role of invader Alauddin Khilji.

To prepare for the song, Deepika learned Ghoomar, the Rajasthani dance form, under the tutelage of renowned expert Jyothi D Tommaar. The song is choreographed by Kruti Mahesh Midya and sung in the soulful voice of Shreya Ghoshal, with music by the maestro Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Sources reveal that Deepika did over 66 twirls while shooting for the song. Adding to the difficult dance form that includes twists and twirls, Deepika had to do the dance in an extravagant costume and adorned in heavy jewellery. Reportedly, the Rimple Narula lehenga weighed around 30 kg and was made at an estimated cost of Rs 30 lakh!

"Ghoomar" is a song sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Swaroop Khan from the film Padmaavat. The music of the song was composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali while the lyrics were provided by A. M. Turaz and Swaroop Khan. The music video of the track features Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Anupriya Goenka. The movie is dubbed in Tamil and Telugu and hence the song was also released as "Goomar" in Tamil and "Jhoommani Jhoommani Aade" in Telugu. The Tamil and Telugu versions as well were sung by Ghoshal while the Kannada version was sung by Darshan N and Sparsha RK.[1]

It features Padukone as Rani Padmavati, performing Ghoomar along with sixty chorus dancers, in front of Mahrawal Ratan Singh (Shahid Kapoor) and his first wife Nagmati (Anupriya Goenka).[10][4] It was choreographed by Kruti Mahesh and Jyoti D Tommar.[11] The colour palette of the video is majorly pale golden and light brown.[10]

The song was released on 26 October 2017 on T-Series YouTube channel. On the same day of release, it was made available for online streaming at Saavn[12] and Gaana.[13] It garnered more than 10 Million views within 24 hours and gained highest number of views for T-Series in 24 hours.[14][15] Apart from trending worldwide, it was trended at top position in India on Twitter.[16] It also trended at second position on YouTube (India) for several days and completed 100 million views on 27 January 2018.

Upon release, the song along with the film became controversial. On Twitter, complaints against the song was echoed, claiming that it portrays the Rajput queen Padmavati in a bad light.[17] In November 2017, protests were held against the song claiming that "Rajput queens never danced before anybody".[17] Women from Rajput community joined protests and criticised the song; "The queen is shown performing the ghoomar dance in indecent clothes, which is a faulty portrayal of Rajputs. A Rajput queen would never perform before an audience nor bare her midriff".[18] On 22 November 2017, an Education Officer in Dewas issued an order prohibiting the use of "Ghoomar", in any school function.[19] However, a day later the district collector ordered the withdrawal of the circular with immediate effect.[20] On 17 January 2018, it was reported that Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Bhupendra Singh remarked that the song "should not be played as the release of the film was banned in the state" during the time, which he denied a day later.[21][22]

On 30 December 2017, it was reported that Central Board of Film Certification's examining committee asked the film's producers to remove the shots revealing Padukone's midriff for a more modest representation of Padmavati.[23] However, Sanjay Leela Bhansali preferred to bring relevant modifications through computer graphics.[23] On 20 January 2018, a new version of the song was released, which covers Padukone's midriff via computer-generated imagery.[24]

The film is dubbed in Tamil and Telugu and Kannada languages and hence the song was also released in both languages on 12 January 2018 while the song for the Kannada version was later released.[1] The Tamil version of the song, "Goomar" is by Shreya Ghoshal with additional vocals by Divya Kumar and lyrics by Madhan Karky. The Telugu version, "Jhoommani Jhoommani Aade" is again sung by Shreya Ghoshal with additional vocals by Divya Kumar while the lyrics are penned by Chaitanya Prasad. The Kannada version, "Ghoomar" was sung by Darshan N and Sparsha RK while lyrics are penned by Arundathi Vasista.[1]

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Khamma Ghani. Ghoomar/Ghumar is a Rajputana Royal folk song. It's a song which is filled with sweetness, grace, admiration and most of all innocence. 'Ghoomar' is a dance form of Marwar, which ladies do by doing swirls/circular rotations. This song is about Rajput girl growing up and what she asks from her mother and she tells her mother about her desires. She tells her mother that she wants a Rathore(रठड़) boy to be her husband. She tells by various verses how much she adores/admires Rathores. Ghoomar is performed on many celebrations and especially at weddings in Rajput families.

(Note: This blog is about Original Ghoomar folk song and not about Padmavati movie's Song Ghoomar. Read my other blogs to know how I feel about the movie and padmavati's ghoomar song. Anyway, here I am writing about lyrics and meaning of Original Ghoomar folk song. I hope you'll like it.)

Ghoomar/Ghumar: Ghoomar is a Dance form of Marwar. The Girl/Princess(In this song she is most likely from Kachwaha clan/ Sisodia clan of Rajputs) requests her mother(Queen) that she wants to perform/play ghoomar, which also implies that she wants to be married in Rathore clan (Rathore is a Suryavanshi 'Solar Dynasty' Rajput clan, founder of Marwar state and ruler of Marwar from its foundation till independence). Ghoomar got much more popular throughout Rajputana, and can now effectively be called as a dance form of Rajasthan.

Before performing ghoomar, ladies bow holding "Pallu" in their palms and respect elders, relatives e.g. Mother-In-Laws and Mata Ji(Goddess). Dance is performed with other ladies and audience is also mostly ladies. Men usually stay away and don't usually indulge in watching the dance, because when Ghoomar is performed there's usually celebration in home and men indulge in other entertainments among men, doing manwar and welcome family members and managing lots of things that goes into doing the smooth management of things. Lyrics of this folk song are given below the video, play video, keep it playing and skip to read the lyrics of Ghoomar, it'll help you understand the lyrics.

Ghoomar Means: This song symbolizes innocence and life of Rajput Girls. The Language used in this song is not Marwari but is very similar to which is spoken in Dhundhad(Amer, Jaipur) or Udaipur(Some Gujarati touch). Which suggests she is from Dhundad/Udaipur and most likely a Kachwaha/Sisodia Rajput. The girl is young and she is growing up and she explains her little demands to her mother, queen. She tells that her life is very simple, she is very beautiful and pretty that she can bewitch anyone. She yet asks for very simple things. At the start she asks that she wants to play, and asks for sweets. While playing she finds Kajal-Tiki(Make-up) and starts thinking about her suitable match. She asks for Kaajal-Tiki (Make-up), tells how much she adores Rathores.

Now She has grown enough that her parents might be looking for suitable match for her. So she tells them that she doesn't wants to marry outside of Rajputana(Rajasthan). Because that would mean that she would see her family less often.

Then the girl tell her heart's desire for her match. She tells her mother that she wants to be married in the Rathore House. Because Rathores have lovely boli(dialect, 'Marwari'). Which implies She believes that Rathores are lovely people who take good care of their ladies and respect them immensely.

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