Alkap is a rural dance-drama performance prevalent in the Rajmahal hills of Jharkhand and Rajshahi, Murshidabad and Malda regions of West Bengal. It is performed by troops of 10-12 dancers,
accompanied by one or two lead singers known as gayens. The troops perform popular folk lore and mythological stories, in which the dance is interspersed with comical sketches known as kap. The dance is generally associated with the Gajan festival of Shiva.
