What is lazium nd its origin?
Lezim is a folk dance form from the state of Maharashtra, India.
Dancers carry a small musical instrument with jingling cymbals
called the Lezim, after which the dance form is named. This dance
is named after a wooden idiophone to which thin metal discs are
fitted which produce a jingling sound and the dancers use this
while dancing. Dholki, a drum instrument is used as the main
percussion music. It is performed dressed in colourful costumes.
The dance is frequently used as a fitness drill by schools,
militias and other institutions because it involves many
calisthenic moves and can be quite strenuous.
Lezim is the most common folk dance associated with physical
fitness tradition of the region. The lezim is a small frame to
which metal discs are fixed.
The Lezim dance is named for the instrument used in the dance.
The lezim is made of a wooden stick, to which is strung a flexible
loop with cymbals or pieces of metal that make a clashing
sound.
Lezim is as much a vigorous physical exercise and drill as a
dance; the formations are in twos and fours and sometimes even a
circle.
