Navratri Nu Chakdol Chale

As we are talking about evolution this Navratri, Ankur Pathan ,Ustad Bismillah khan award winner in folk dance Talks about the evolution of the dance steps. He also talk about how the folk dance has evolved over years. He also talks about the diversity in the dance of Gujarat. Each and every province of Gujarat has a different style of Garba dance. So the dandia that the world knows is only tip of the iceberg and theres a lot of depth and diversity in this dance form. Also Raas and Garba are both different forms. While the garba is for the aradhna of Mataji Raas is more related to radha and Krishna. This difference and the rare types of Raas are also covered in this Pod.

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Navratri is the longest dance festival in the world, but is that it? There is a lot more about Navratri and Garba that many of us would have not known. Like why is Garba performed in a circle? Why are there 9 holes in the Garbha(the pot that women carry in garba) and many such interesting conversation of RJ Devaki  with well-known Gujarati poet Shri Tushar Shukla on the evolution of Navratri and Garba.

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