Garba
Garba can mean;
- Garba (dance), a form of dance originating in Gujarat, India. The term "garba" (Sanskrit: garbha) holds the semantic field 'womb' and is part of the Sanskrit compounds: Hiranyagarbha, Tathagatagarbha, Garbhagriha (Sanctum sanctorum) and Garbhadhatu.
[edit] Places
- Garba, Central African Republic
- Garba, Sichuan
- Garba, the Hungarian name for Gurba village, Şicula Commune, Arad County, Romania
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The tradition of garba- Garba is a Gujarati folk dance celebrated in navratri. This is celebrated for 9 nights, and thats what navratri means. People celebrate this festival in a big crowd, eg. clubs, socities, or open grounds.Navratri is also celebrated in schools. Garba songs are usually on the topics of Lord Krishna or the 9 goddesses. Sanedo is the most wanted song in the crowd. Kids dance on the songs like mumbai thi gadi aavi re..... To begin with, they start with 3 taali and then at the last, all the fast songs are played. There are many forms of garba like- dandiya Raas, garbi, Heench, 3 taali and Dodhiyu. Garba varies from place to place in Gujarat. The trditional Costumes the garba dancers wear is pink, yellow orange and such bright coloured Chanya choli or ghagra choli; odhni with bandhani(tie and die), Abla(Big mirrors)or with thick Gujarati borders; They also wear heavy ornaments like- 2-3 necklesses, sparkling bangles or kadas, janjhars or payals, kandoro or waist belts, long oxidised earings and bajubandh. The crowd dances till the end, and even in the winter they sweat a lot.
