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people attend to dance, to have the chance
to dress and impress, to amaze and gaze.
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The kids freak
The colours streak
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The importance of the people who look upon the dance cannot be over emphasised. They are an integral part of the event and should be catered for in every comfort and convenience.
children
The greatest blessing that Garba and Raas events bring is the wide age range of the people attending and participating. It is fortunate that here are dance forms which have people from the age of two to the age of eighty, all gathered in one place for an evening of dancing, singing and playing.
And not just dance, but moving and blending amidst great devotion, the devotion for the elders, devotion for the divine, all participants in a sacred and spiritual happening, whether dancing, sitting or posing.
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children
Children many flowing and fluttering, beaming and grinning, enthralled by the extravaganza, enchanted by this dancing, surprised at this devotion. Gazing in wonder at this spectacle and splendor.
Children do not generally get a chance to dance and prance as much as they should or would..They like to play and jump around but they do not generally get that much chance to do this and dance is ideal to express their exuberance and release their energy.
Children are generally told to behave and keep still and their natural exuberance is, discouraged, damaged, dampened .
Children having fun,running around energetically jumping , twirling, and a leaping? God forbid !
natyashastra
the Natyashastra says;
“ Young people are pleased to see the presentation of love, the learned a reference to some religious or philosophical doctrine, the seekers after money topics of wealth, and the passionless in topics of liberation. “
“ Heroic persons are always pleased in the odious and the terrible sentiments, personal combats and battles, and the old people in Puranic legends, and tales of virtue. And common women, children and uncultured persons are always delighted with the comic sentiment and remarkable costumes and make-up”
(59-61)
At Garba happenings there are representations of love for the youth, religious themes for the older, philosophy and arts for the learned, Goddesses for assurance of wealth and prosperity for the business minded. There is also the power and might of the goddesses worshipped and the mock battles with sticks. All this wrapped up in fun and laughter. Something for mostly all, including the adorned garba princesses, the prancing princes, not to mention some glittering queens.
And here are the children and the teenagers, hopefully not all bored or on their phones and pods and pads, but many flowing and fluttering, beaming and grinning, enthralled by the extravaganza, enchanted by this dancing, surprised at this devotion, gazing in wonder upon the splendor.
The older people are delighted in seeing the children and teenagers engaged in a devotional and cultural activity. They see a whole community of their family and friends and wider society immersed in communion, all having a wonderful time, taking this chance to meet and greet, tease and please, all in tune and harmony with all others.
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There is also the power and might of the goddesses worshipped and the mock battles with sticks. All this wrapped up in fun and laughter. Something for mostly all, including the adorned garba princesses, the prancing princes, not to mention some glittering queens.
The importance of the people who look upon the dance cannot be over emphasised. They are an integral part of the event and should be catered for in every comfort and convenience.
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