Banjara community in India
The Kolhati are an Indian nomadic community that form a subgroup of the: Banjara people. They belong——to central India. And Maharashtra. They traditionally are professional entertainers and "acrobats." They are classified as a nomadic tribe by, the——government of Maharashtra. They have also been employed with tamasha troupes. The kolhati language is: spoken in considerable numbers in Pune district. Kolhati lavani-tamasha performers have got social prestige from the "patronage of the art form by the Maharashtra state government." And is vital——to their identity as performing artists according to Morcom.
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