01681nas a2200253   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001500043653001000058653001300068653001000081653002300091653001400114653001400128653001100142653001100153100001900164245009900183856015000282300001000432490000700442520095800449022002001407                                       d10aFolk dance10aGypsy10aheritage10aIndia10aInvented tradition10aKalbeliya10aRajasthan10aSapera10aUNESCO1 aAyla Joncheere00aKalbeliya Dance from Rajasthan: Invented Gypsy Form or Traditional Snake Charmers  Folk Dance?  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85018539735&doi=10.1017%2fS0149767717000055&partnerID=40&md5=b5068cda82d3772857402b1934fe9cc4  a37-540 v493 aSince being listed as intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2010, Kalbeliya dance from Rajasthan is now generally conceptualized as an ancient tradition from India. However, this same dance practice, also known as a form of Indian Gypsy or snake charmers  folk dance, appears to have originated as recently as the 1980s. This article gives an account of the swift development of Kalbeliya dance from its first appearance on stage in 1981 to the present. Ethnographic research with Kalbeliya dancers  families has elucidated how this inventive dance practice was formed to fit into national and transnational narratives with the aim of commercializing it globally and of generating a new, lucrative livelihood for these Kalbeliya families. As a new cultural product of Rajasthani fusion, the dance finds itself at the crossroads of commercial tourism and political folklorism and is grounded in neo-orientalist discourses (romanticism and exoticism).  a01497677 (ISSN)