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origins of garba and raas
The origins of dance in general come from primitive rituals. In india these primeval dances were nurtured and refined and made intricate and classical to portray various emotions and longings. As time passed it became difficult for those not accomplished in classical forms of dance to take part. Hence folk dances such as garba came into being to allow the mass of people to enjoy the bliss and benediction of dance, and allow them to express and realise differing moods and emotions.
Naturally people were in awe and wonder at the world and sought to appeal to higher powers which they sought to appease and worship in numerous ways including dance. The Hindu faith began with dance and still continues, endures , survives and blooms in dance.
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origins
In the beginning was dance
origins of garba and raas
The primitive dances involved dancers circling around figure or a totem, so garba has its orgins in such ancient circular dances, which are also known to other cultures all over the world.
The garba dance evolved from the raas dance.
When Krsna and the Yadavas settled in dwarka , the men were into a culture of drinking quite a bit.
Krsnas grandson Aniruddh married Usa a princess of assam who was an accomplished dancer
She added elements of lasya dance to the lata dance
Lata meaning entwined dance
Since the yadavas were drinking and then dancing it was not graceful for women and men to dance together and so the haallisaka dance developed mainly for women and danced in a circle freedom of movement and less sexual connection and then later became a mainly female dance
the ras and the formation of folk dances into classical and then back again to folk
above needs to be written up
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