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ABOUT THIS GLOG!! TO READ ENTIRE TEXT, SCROLL DOWN THE CURSOR! One important aspect of Indian culture is folk dances. There are so many that it would be impossible to jot all of them down!! However, in this glog, I've represented the folk dance of the state that I hail from-the state of Gujarat. There are two forms of this folk dance; one, 'Garba' and two, 'Dandia-Raas'. The key elements of these dances are that they are performed in circular fashion and for religious reasons (a form of worship for the goddesses Ambaa and Durgaa). While Garba involves the performance of graceful body movements with hand-claps, Dandia, on the other hand involves holding and swinging sticks in hand (the sticks are called dandiyas). In Gujarat, these dances are chiefly performed during the reigious period of nine nights, called 'Navaratri', meaning Nine Nights. So, as you can guess, these are dances of the night. The cities and villages are all lit up bright and the people roam about in colourful traditional and semi-traditional clothes. Clothes themselves are an added attraction, with all the numerous radiant colours decorated with glass pieces called Aabhla. The men wear Dhotis or Kedias and turbans and the women put on Ghaghras and cholis of Bandhani style. One beautiful aspect of the Navaratri festival is that, everyone participates in it, from children to oldies, and people of different religions!! The youngsters of Gujarat are pretty fond of it because it's one of those times when one can freak about carefreely even at the latest hours of night! Moreover, wherever Gujaratis go, Navaratri is celebrated!! And so one can find these dances from India to America!! Navaratri with Garba and Raas is my personal favorite too and just another reason for my love towards my homecountry!! :)
Video Number 1 -- Navaratri in the U.S.A. Videos Numbers 2 & 3 -- Local Navaratri in Gujarat
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tamanna added this comment 2008-06-25 03:41:10-05:00
thanks Briza! glad you like it!
briza added this comment 2008-06-24 17:10:50-05:00
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ JUST WONDERFUL ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ............(...(`.-``'??-.?)...) ..............)......--.......--....( ............./......(o..._...o)....\ .............\.........(..0..)......./ ..........__.`.-._...'='.._.-.?.__... ......./.......'#.'#.,.--.,.#'.#.'....\ .......\__))..........'#'......... Joscilene
tamanna added this comment 2009-05-10 22:22:28-05:00
Thanks girls!
mistylyn added this comment 2008-07-31 18:26:39-05:00
nice pics
dear added this comment 2008-06-26 00:20:38-05:00
vvvvvvooooooowwwwwwww................ )o(
tamanna added this comment 2008-06-25 03:41:10-05:00
thanks Briza! glad you like it!
briza added this comment 2008-06-24 17:10:50-05:00
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ JUST WONDERFUL ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ............(...(`.-``'??-.?)...) ..............)......--.......--....( ............./......(o..._...o)....\ .............\.........(..0..)......./ ..........__.`.-._...'='.._.-.?.__... ......./.......'#.'#.,.--.,.#'.#.'....\ .......\__))..........'#'......... Joscilene
tamanna added this comment 2009-05-10 22:22:28-05:00
Thanks girls!
mistylyn added this comment 2008-07-31 18:26:39-05:00
nice pics
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