Garba : Traditional Folk Dance

         Garba is a traditional dance for that originated in Gujarat . Traditionally, Garba was played mostly by women but today men and women together play garba during various festivals . With time there has been an evolution in the Garba steps , new forms and styles have come up . Both men and women usually wear colorful costumes while performing garba and dandiya. The girls and the women wear Chaniya choli, a three-piece dress with a choli, which is an embroidered and colorful blouse, teamed with chaniya, which is the flared, skirt-like bottom, and dupatta, which is usually worn in the traditional Gujarati manner. Chaniya Cholis are decorated with beads, shells, mirrors, stars, and embroidery work, mati, etc. Traditionally, women adorn themselves with jhumkas (large earrings), necklaces, bindi, bajubandh, chudas and kangans, kamarbandh, payal, and mojiris. Boys and men wear kafni pyjamas with a Ghagra - a short round kurta - above the knees and pagadi on the head with bandhini du

    Women performing Garba.           Garba is a traditional folk dance which originated at the state of Gujarat in India . Garba is performed during the nine-day hindu festival - Navratri , Holi , Basant Panchami , Sharad panchami and various other festivals . It is a dance form which is performed in circular manner around a " Garbha Deep "(earthenware lamps) or a picture or a statue of Goddess  Durga while clapping and singing at the same time . Garba is performed before the Aarati and through this dance form the sanctity and power of Durga or Amba is worshiped .It is believed that Usha the grand daughter-in-law of Krishna is credited to have popularized Lasya Nritya , which is today known by the name of Garba dance. History of Garba     Women dancing with an earthen pot on their head      The word garba comes from the Sanskrit word for womb and so implies gestation/pregnancy Traditionally women performed this dance around a clay lantern with a lig