DESCRIPTION:
The young dancers ol Lord Krishna

Gotipua, the majestic folk dance of Orissa - India

In Oriya language, "Goti" means "single" and "Pua" means "boy".

For centuries, the Gotipua dance has been performed in Orissa by young boys who dress up as female to praise Lord Jagannath and Lord Krishna.

The actual form of the dance is executed by a group of boys who perform acrobatic figures inspired by the life of Radha & Krishna. The boys start to learn the dance at an early age until the adolescence, when their androgynous look is fading.