Ghoda Nacha: Dummy Horse Dance of Odisha .Played by Gopals .
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Ghoda Nacha is a folk dance of Odisha/Utkal connected with the Sakti cult of coastal regions and confined to the people of Kaibarta. This festival is observed for eight days by the Kaibartas in the month of Chaitra from the full moon day of Vaisakha in honor of their caste deity Vasuli Devi which is a goddess possessing the head of horse.Ghoda Nacha is playing in nighttime .
A well-decorated horse head is attached to the trunk built of bamboos. A man enters through the hole kept for the purpose behind its neck. He holds the reins of the horse and dances. The horse moves forward and backward along with the man. He dances to the tune of Dhola and Mahuri accompanied by the songs composed by the local poets. The dancing party consists of two dancers, one male and one female (a male in female attire), a drummer and a piper. The Kaibarta song of Achutananda Das, (one of the poets of Pancha Sakha group flourished in the 16th century) is believed to be only religious text of the Kaibartas.
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