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In honor of the Goddess Durga or Ambe, Garba traditionally started in Gujarat with women performing this dance on the nine nights or Navaratri mostly in the rural areas, that later spread to the cities as well. The Traditional costumes of Garba and Dandiya Raas Dancing around in a circle around the photo of the Goddess kept with the lamp and a small earthen pot filled with water in the centre, the dance indicates that the cycle of birth and re-birth is continuous for humans till they become one with God or attain Moksha while God in the centre is the constant factor remaining unchanged. Known as ‘Garbha Deep’ it represents the womb or life and honors the divine Goddess Durga or Ambe, signifying the feminine form, the giver of life. Folk Dance of Gujarat, the Garba is traditional dance performed around a lit clay lantern housed in a glass enclosure. Navratri or nine nights, is when Goddess Durga, and the various forms of the Hindu deity are specially worshipped. The garba fever is definitely in the already heated-up air. And of course the law enforcement agencies are still wondering what is in store for them this time. Tickets / Gate Passes are sold out and fresh ones printed and dished out to those ‘desperate to have a good time’. Event co-ordinators are dreaming of big draws and trying to attract youthful crowds to their venue. Orchestras are busy choosing their numbers and co-ordinating with venues eager to get them in. Gated communities, residential colonies and townships have already included the ‘necessary Navaratri expense’ in their annual budget and got ready with their preparations. Prepared with a new repertoire of garba hits, new dance steps learnt and practiced to perfection, to impress onlookers and admirers and the mood to leave no second of the nine days wasted, they are all set to swirl and twirl to the Navratri beat. Garba venues where peer groups would congregate, dress combinations to be worn, partner choices, getting the steps right, all being discussed over chai and samosas, not to mention re-winding the past and strategies to be followed, to get a bigger blast this time.
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The college crowd is already ready with their plans in canteens having given the already boring lectures a definite miss. Shopping Malls, traditional costume joints, readymade showrooms and retail shops, especially those selling ethnic sarees and dresses are already geared up to welcome this eager and enthusiastic shopping crowd that would love to splurge on this on-the- head nine-day annual affair of fun and frolic. Not to forget the ‘Dandiya’ sticks that are sold like hot cakes for the ‘Disco Dandiya’. The much-loved country-wide popular festival will once again bring out the youth in large numbers wearing the latest Navaratri specials and doing a lot of foot-tapping exercises in circular fashion.