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Garba Is A Circular Devotional Dance In Celebration Of Fertility And The Divine Feminine

the dandiya sticks

The dances which are performed

Garba is also commonly used to refer to a Circular Dance

Garba is  the name given to a pot which is decorated and perforated with a light inside

The dances which are performed around the Pot are called Garba.

the dandiya sticks

Many dancers move in flowing rhythm

Garba is also commonly used to refer to a Circular DanceGarba is  the name given to a pot which is decorated and perforated with a light inside

The dances which are performed around the Pot are called Garba.

the dandiya sticks

Many dancers move in flowing rhythm

Garba is also commonly used to refer to a Circular DanceGarba is  the name given to a pot which is decorated and perforated with a light inside

The dances which are performed around the Pot are called Garba.

festivals of dance

The Pot contains a Deep which means light.

The Pot contains a Deep which means light. The light represents the Divine shining through the perforations and the Pot symbolises the womb universe.

Garba is also commonly used to refer to a Circular Dance

The light represents the Divine shining through

The songs and tunes to which the Garba dance takes place, are also known as Garba or Garbis. These compositions have been handed down over the generations and their words and themes

The rings of dancers revolve in cycles

Many dancers move in flowing rhythm, in balance and harmony, swift and speedy, in an instance they disappear to the far side, only to reappea

clicking the sticks

clicking the sticks

Garba is performed in a circle as a symbol of the Hindu view of time. The rings of dancers revolve in cycles, as time in Hinduism is regarded as cyclical. EXPAND

teasing and clicking

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The Dandiya Raas is a stick dance

The Dandiya Raas is a stick dance played by a group of evenly numbered dancers, dancing in two concentric circular lines, with one line moving clockwise

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mixed

The Dandiya Raas is played by just men or just women and also by women and men

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