GARBA

About:

• Garba is a form of dance which originated in Traditional garbas are performed around centrally lit lamp or a picture or statue of the Goddess Shakti.
  
  
• Women normally perform it in a graceful and rhythmic manner in a circle as they rotate around the object placed in the centre. The dancer’s whirl and move their feet and arms in a choreographed manner to the tune of the music with lots of drum beats.
  
  
• The women wear traditional dresses such as colourful embroidered choli, ghagra and bandhani dupattas dazzling with mirror work and heavy jewellery.
  
  
• Traditionally, it is performed during the nine-day Hindu festival Navaratri.
  
  

Garba vs Dandiya Raas:

• Dandiya Raas is played with pair of colourfully decorated sticks, while Garba consists of various hand and feet movements.
  
  
• Most of the Dandiya steps require even number of people while in Garba there is no such requirement on number of people.
  
  
• The circular movements of Dandiya Raas are much more complex than that of Garba.
  
  
• While Garba is performed by women, men and women join in for Dandiya.