CONTENTS: Introduction: Encountering Gavri, 1. Situating Gavri: From the annals of the past to the narratives of the present, 2. The Rituals of the Dancing Gods: Gaba Perna, Daily rituals, Dev Jhulni Gyaras, Berka: A Ceremony of seeing and being seen Pati Orna or Jawara Orna, Khan Nootna and Chaak Nootna, Gadavan: Haathi Uthana, Bhopliya Dholna, Gadawan: Chitre ka Haathi, Valavan, Ghoogri, Visarjan, Choorma ka Bhaisa, 3. Performance: A Carnival with the ritual: Inversions of hegemony, Gavri Season, Preparation and tghe idea of Gavri, A Carnival within the ritual, Axial Gorkhiya versus Whirling Budia, A brief analysis of the repertoire of Gavri khels, The Performance commences: the khels, Kutkuria, Jhamta Gajanandji ka aur Devta ka Simran, The khels of the day, Bhamriya ka khel, Devar-Bhojai, Goma Meena, Kaan Gujari, Kalu Keer, Bhiyavad Danav aur Devi Ambav, Gopichand Maharaj, Badshah ki Fauj, Baldiya/Jangu na Harku, Lakha Banjara, Shiva-Parvati ka khel, Badliya Hindwa (morning version), Chhota Khels/Khels of the Fiesta: Mehtar-Mehtarani, Masterji and Motilalji, Dokra-Dokri, Heli aur Bhil Dhariya ka khel, Badmash Ladka and similar khels of courtship, Sethji ka khel, Dakan ka khel, Khels of the Dark: Hamlo Dhamlo, Kheturi, Bholi Bamani, Badliya Hindwa (evening version), Devi Chamunda aur Lalu Lohar, Devar-Bhavaj, Pabuji, Nahar Singhi ka khel, Naar ka khel, 4. The Khelyas and their embodied repertoire, 5. Women in Gavri: Ledis ki baat, 6. Afterword, Glossary, Bibliography, Index.