This SAILA DANCE is performed on any occasion , like,  in any public functions,

National     festivals,   Vijay   rallies  of  any    political   leaders  etc.   Only male 

participates in the dance .Dance  is performed  in a group , all  of  them  holding

 two   hard   bamboo   sticks   in    their hands,  strike the sticks of the adjacent 

persons,  either of  his  right or  left, which  make  a  sweet sound of "thuss..s  

thuss.s.   They have   a unique   interval of  striking  the sticks so that sound of

should  come  out  together.  The dance  leader makes a sound "kih..ho ..kih" to

excite  all  dancer at the end  of every  song. Participants are dressed  by dhoti

-kurta  and   pagdi,  tying   west   with  a lungi    or   towels.  The dance is also 

performed in the month if January at the end of cutting the crop.

                   The aim of this dance  is  to  convey a  heartfull   thought  of

a young marriageable girls with a heart beating song to young boy who is

also in search of a girl of his worthy. Its other aim is to please the goddess

 of  the  wealth  who  provides   wealth  to their family. They dance in every

house of the village and at the owner's house also who provides them rice,

paddy  or  money,  as  to  thank  goddess. Their  songs  carry a very heart 

touching meaning and the effect is that whenever a marriageable young boy

listens this song and watch a young girl dancing  he  puts a proposal before

 their parents. And the parents of the boy send a message via a messenger

about the  desire  of  their son. And if the family of that girl are  agreed they

wed them.

There  are  different  types  of "Karma"  dance. It  is danced  according  to the cast

category  while the  meaning of  the Karma  festival is same for all categories.The 

dancing system is recognized by the cast  groups.  Uraon  tribal  have  their  own

system  of dancing. Male and female are chained together and form a circle in the

dance. The name Karama is drawn from the name of a tree "Karam". The branch of 

a  tree  is  carried by the  dancers   and  is  passed  among them with singing and

 dancing .This  branch  should  not touch the earth, asl  it is washed with milk and 

rice bear. Then it is raised  in  the middle of the dancing  arena. All members of the

caste dance for whole night in the praise of the "karam". It has a proverb that when

there was a war in the past only a young couple was left alive by hiding them into 

the hollow trunk of this tree, and since then this tree is worshipped by the people.

This dance is famous not only in India but also in foreign like Russia.