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Words do not easily capture the vibrancy, the energy, the ecstasy and so much more of a Garba happening and its blissful blend of music and dance, glowing and flowing with grace and radiance.
Every year around late September early October, Gujaratis all over the world dissolve and dazzle in dances of delight and devotion in their nine day festival of Navratri. These happenings are filled with the noise and swaying of people, the tinkling and jingling of the dancers and the delighted faces of the people amazed by the rapture.
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Though Garba and Raas are generally associated with Navratri. their scope and reach is far wider than the devotional worship during Navratri. As dances they can be done for other celebrations, and many times just for joy and for the sake of dancing them. Their delightful traits make them suitable as universal dances, for most occasions during many seasons, amidst diverse places
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In additional to its devotional aspects engaging in this circular and cosmic dance provides a wonderful chance for mixing and mingling with friends, families and our wider society and sustains a healthy and enjoyable way of refreshing and rejuvenating ourselves and the people around and about us.
Garba and Raas are not restricted to Gujarat. They are danced wherever there are Gujaratis. They are not the exclusive preserve of Gujaratis either, they are a common enchantment for people over all continents and many places in between.
Conceived in Ancient Times these dances are immersed in
abundant heritage and amazing philosophy
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This confluence of dance, powerful over all, ravishing in one common ecstasy the proud and the humble, the rich and the poor, the old and the young. It is important therefore that we daily embrace and appreciate the bliss and the benediction, that has been bestowed upon us, simply by having the ability to move and to dance. We are also fortunate to have the chance to do this in the most elegant, wild and wonderful ways, in innumerable settings, to awesome melodies and tunes that line up all the way to the stars,
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Dance is a stunning achievement of humanity. Dance is universal, it reaches, rejuvenates and refreshes.. everyone...everywhere.
and Garba and Raas are
the highest intoxication,
the ultimate devotion
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For this spiritual happening Gujaratis gather in small and large numbers, from a few hundred to over tens of thousands. People from all classes, castes and sections of society. The dancing takes place in community halls, in temples and sometimes vast auditoriums. In India the dances take over small courtyards and vast grounds, open to the sky, under the stars and the almost full moons, immersed in the bright breezes giving fragrance to the sacred nights.
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