Padhar dance

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The Padhar dance is a folk dance of Gujarat, India. It is performed by Padhar, a fishermen community living along banks Nal Sarovar of Bhal region.{{cite book|title=Dances Of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GC9Vegt10IwC&pg=PA52|date=1 August 2010|publisher=Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Limited|isbn=978-81-241-1337-0|page=52}}{{cite book|author=Sudarśanasiṃha Majīṭhiyā|title=The Gujarat directory, including who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5J05AQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Gujarat Pub. House|pages=40–41}}

The dancer holds small sticks in his hands while dancing. They enact rowing of boats while dancing. They sing songs associated with water.{{cite book|author=Harkant Shukla|title=Folk Dances of Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLYMAAAAYAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Directorate of Information and Tourism|page=19}}