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Garba-Raas, more commonly known as Raas, is a combination dance style consisting of mainly Dandiya-Raas and some Garba. Garba-Raas emerged as a competitive dance style due to the efforts of the Federation of Gujarati Associations of North America (FOGNA). [5]
Garba is a form of Gujarati dance which originates from the state of Gujarat, India. The name is derived from the Sanskrit term Garbha. [1] Many traditional garbas are performed around a centrally lit lamp or a picture or statue of the Hindu goddess Durga. Traditionally, it is performed during the nine-day Hindu festival Navaratri).
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The women holding Tippani dance while beating the floor in two opposite rows accompanied by folk songs. Turi and Thali (brass plate) are used to create music. Zanz, Manjira , Tabla , Dhol and Shehnai are the major musical instruments used for music.
The Padhar dance is a folk dance of Gujarat, India. It is performed by Padhar, a fishermen community living along banks Nal Sarovar of Bhal region. [1] [2] The dancer holds small sticks in his hands while dancing. They enact rowing of boats while dancing. They sing songs associated with water. [1] [3] [2]
The songs and music accompanying traditional dance forms such as Garba, Dandiya Raas, Padhar, Dangi and Tippani are unique in nature. [1] Dayro [2] and Lokvarta are music performances where people gather to listen performer who delivers religious as well as social message through it. Marasiyas are an elegiac form of music originated from Marsiya.
Timli, a Gujarati folk dance performed by Adivasi children in Kaleshwari, Mahisagar. Dandiya Raas is an energetic, vibrant dance which originated in Gujarat. Often called the "stick dance" because it uses polished sticks (dandiya), it represents a mock fight between the goddess Durga and the demon king Mahishasura.
Kalaguru Smt. Elakshiben Thakore (born 21 April 1936) is one of the leading Bharatnatyam dancers in India. Trained from a very young age in the pristine purity of this traditional dance style, she showed a new pathway to the Gujarati artists by choreographing the dance compositions on Gujarati and Hindi poems.