GARBE JHOOMO RE!!!The most awaited festival of Ahmedabad( whole of Gujarat actually)is finally here!!!!
Its time to wear those sparking embroidered chaniya cholis and kediyas and flow with the music ...ITS THE TIME TO GARBA!!!
Garba is basically a nine night festival celebrated for the goddess amba....Garba generally starts by midnight and is enjoyed till wee hours of morning.....
Garba is basically a nine night festival celebrated for the goddess amba....Garba generally starts by midnight and is enjoyed till wee hours of morning.....
The celebration starts with the aarti of ambe maa in an open place preferably a ground or garden....Garba is a dance form in which people dance in concentric circles around the statue or photo of ambe maa....Garba steps consists of graceful movements which have various series of claps and turns...
Various people also fast on this day for the goddess so we can say that the goddess enjoys some very special attention in this week...
THE festival started yesterday and in no way could i miss the opening or the arti ceremony....
After the arti me and my friends started dancing to the tunes of various garba geet(songs)....some of my favourites include"lal darvaje tambu taniya","pavagad gai ti".....i hardly feel like resting...you can feel the energy and the enthusiasm of the people when they dance....on these nine nights Ahmedabad never sleeps....Every small nook and corner has its own garba...even streets are used as garba circles....I danced to the tunes and also did the traditional raas-garba which includes dancing with decorated wooden sticks...I was dressed my traditional best with all my silver ornaments and chaniya choli.....
Lal darwaja is the place to be at the time of navratri for shopping....All the authentic chaniya cholis and ornaments can be bought there....There are maybe thousands of shops selling bright chaniya cholis with their amazing mirror work....
The garba also includes "heench" ......this dance consists of rap-song like movements which is a hit among youngsters.....
I ended my day with the "chalan chalan maro"song where all the people make a human train and run around like children.....Great fun!!
well this garba is going to be a very special one for me coz tomms my b'day!!!!!!!!
yipee......
aavjo,
asHwIni....
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