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Navaratri 2016: Learn Dandiya, Gharbha with this 5 simple steps

Updated: September 30, 2016 4:08 PM IST

By Sandhya Dangwal

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Sep 28: With Navratri 2016 round the corner, people in India are gearing up with plans to celebrate the festival of lights and colours. This is the time of the year to turn inward and rejuvenate our souls. This Navratri 2016, enliven your hearts and learn five simple Dandiya and Garba steps which will help you flaunt your dancing skills. You really can’t keep yourself off the beat when you hear the awesome Dandiya songs ringing in your ears. The Navratri fanfare celebration has a distinct flavour and will celebrated in India from October 1 to October 11. Dance is an amazing form of celebration and for this we being to you five easy dance steps that will make you stand out of the crowd. ALSO READ: Navratri, Durga Puja 2016 Dates, Muhurat, Puja Vidhi, Fasting & Auspicious timings for Ghatasthapana

As Navratri is approaching, people are all set for festivities and looking forward to have a gala time with family members and friends. Navratri, as the name suggests, ‘Nav’ stands for nine and ‘Ratri’ stands for night. During these nine days, devotees worship nine incarnations of goddess Durga and people perform Dandiya and Gharbha dance. The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or ‘Dussehra’. Though there are in total five types of Navratri that come in a year, Sharad Navaratri is the most popular one. It is a Hindu belief that ones who worship Goddess Durga during these nine days are blessed with prosperity, health and wisdom throughout their life. ALSO READ: Navratri Colors 2016: 9 Colors of Navratri to wear this year During Navratri!

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There are different ways in which Navratri is celebrated in different states of India. In West Bengal, the last four days of Sharad Navratri take on a particularly dramatic form where they are celebrated as Durga Puja. In the Punjab, Navratri is known as Navratras where the first seven days are for fasting. On the eighth day, devotees break their fasts by calling young girls home and these girls are treated as goddess herself.

In Gujarat and Mumbai, the Navratri festivity is celebrated with the famous Garba and Dandiya Raas dance. In Maharashtra, on the first day of month of Ashwin, Ghatasthapana is celebrated where an earthen pot is filled with water surrounded by clay in which food grains are sown and are allowed to sprout for nine days.  Also, in these western, Navratri is celebrated with a ‘Garbo’, an earthen pot with holes in it that is placed in a holy part of the house and worshiped daily. The earthen pot or Garbo signifies the womb. The Hindu deity Durga is the protector of the world and protects her children from the wrath of the outside world.

Though nine days of Navratri are full of festivities, Gharbha and Dandiya dance forms add more to the grand celebration. Garba is a dance form that is originated in Gujarat.  ‘Garbha’ is a Sanskrit term, which means womb and is usually performed in a circle around a big lamp or the statue of Goddess Shakti. While the dancers perform Gharbha , they move around in circles making movements with their hands and feet. This circle represents the circle of life, which moves from life to death to rebirth, leaving only the Goddess Durga unmoved and invincible.

Another well-known dance form that is performed during Navratri is Dandiya. Dandiya is also termed as ‘Stick Dance’ as dancers use designed and colourful sticks and move in a circular motion. The special feature of the dandiya dance is that women are dressed in colourful attire that adds to their beauty and grace. Dandiya is a very energetic dance form that involves eye contact. However, people are often confused with the the two dance forms Gharbha and Dandiya. The stark difference between the two is that Gharbha is performed in circular movements with only hand and feet movements, while Dandiya is played with colorful sticks.

What are you waiting for? Grab your dancing sticks and learn these five basic and easy steps to flaunt your grace this Navratri season. We wish you and your family a Happy Navratri 2016.

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