Garba Dance
- The word garba comes from the Sanskrit word for womb and so implies gestation or pregnancy — life.
- Garba is a form of dance which originates from the state of Gujarat in India.
- Traditionally, it is performed during the nine-day Hindu festival Navarātrī .
- The dance is performed around a clay lantern with a light inside, called a Garbha Deep (“womb lamp”).
- This lantern represents life, and the fetus in the womb in particular. The dancers thus honor Durga, the feminine form of divinity.
- It is performed in a circle as a symbol of the Hindu ....
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