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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.
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.
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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, having a wonderful time in tune and harmony with all others. At most garba happenings respectful attitudes are observed in the relations between the sexes, and many of the people attending will have some common link, near or distant, with others, whether through friendship, family relations or through the community
Children many flowing and fluttering, beaming and grinning, enthralled by the extravaganza, enchanted by the dancing, surprised at this devotion, gazing in wonder upon this splendour. Children do not generally get much chance to dance and prance. Children like to play and jump and dance However children are generally told to behave and keep still and their natural exuberance is dampened.
Children having fun, running around, jumping, twirling, and a leaping? God forbid !
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