IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS INDIA, THIS IS EVEN MORE SO THE CASE, AND THE ANCIENT ETHNIC DIVISIONS HAVE PRODUCED CLEAR EXAMPLES OF THIS. [ SINGING IN HINDI ] INDIA IS A COUNTRY THAT KNOWS NO BOUNDS. EVERYTHING IS GRANDIOSE AND FASCINATING. ANY ATTEMPT TO DEFINE IT IS HAMPERED BY UNDERSTATEMENT AND OVER-GENERALIZATION. ITS FESTIVALS, RELIGIONS, ARCHITECTURE, GEOGRAPHY, PEOPLES, AND EVEN ITS HISTORY REFLECT THIS ENORMITY, ALLURE TO BOTH TRAVELERS AND SCHOLARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. [ SINGING CONTINUES ] MUSIC IS PART OF THIS DIVERSITY. FROM THE MINSTRELS OF RAJASTHAN AND THEIR BALLADS TO THE DANCES OF THE SOUTH OR EAST OF THE COUNTRY, INDIA CONJURES UP A VAST ARRAY OF EMOTIONS, WHICH LEAVE NO ONE UNMOVED.
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Where are the most popular forms of dance?