Gulabo sapera biography of rory

Buried alive as soon as she was born, but she fought for her life and succeeded. Who is she? She is Gulabo Sapera, a famous Kalbaliea dancer and Padma Shree awardee.

She introduced the famous folk dance, Kalbelia dance to the world. 

Early Life

Gulao was born in in Rajasthan in the Kalbaliya community.

Gulabo sapera biography of rory

She was the seventh (7^th) child of her parents. However, she was buried by some of her family members when she was not a day old. This was simply because she was a girl- hence a “burden”. But her parents dug her out after nearly 7 hours.

Her father was a snake charmer (sapera).

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He fought for his daughter’s right to live, and was later abandoned by the community.  His father used to take Gulabo for the rounds. He used to go around the villages with the snakes when she was barely a few months old.

She used to enjoy the music and dance of snakes. From there just like snakes she also started to dance and follow the tunes of the b