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music
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music
The songs and tunes for Garba and Raas are each twenty to thirty minutes long not just a few short minutes as is the case with most other dance music. The length of the tune is tailored so that the dance has a mellow beginning, a sumptuous middle and a rapturous ending. It is not over in a few shakes but has time to reach a crescendo. The time taken over the tune allows the dancers to be immersed in a symphony of spinning splendor.
musical instruments
Damru, Tabla, Nagara, pot drum, percussion, Ektaro, Ravan hattho, Jantar, Pavo, shehnai, murli, turi, and taturi are the musical instruments used in Garba Dance.
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tara vina shyam mune
mune ekli jaani
ame maniyaara re
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the songs
The songs and tunes to which the Garba dance takes place, are also known as Garba or Garbas. These compositions have been handed down over the generations and their words and themes range from the spiritual to the social. There are compositions in praise and worship of the mother goddesses, there are loving symphonies and refrains on the dalliance of Krsna with Radha and the Gopis.
The compositions of garba cover a wide spectrum of life and its loves and longings, its weaknesses and woes. The tunes also are a march of might and power.
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