Thursday, October 2, 2008

Dancing Anyone?

This past weekend there was a “function” at “community”. It was called “Dandiya Nite”. It was quite the event. The event was at the park right down the street. You could hear the music from our home.





People from our community got all dressed up and danced the night away. It was pretty awesome. Dandiya Raas and Garba are dances traditional from western India (both were done that night). With Dandiya Raas you use sticks and you tap them with other folks to the beat of the music. It sounds simple, but let me tell you – it’s not! And Garba is usually a repeated dance which is done by many in a large circle. Again, it is not easy, but REALLY amazing to watch a lot of people do it. The dances and function were being done because of Navratri. Navratri is a Hindu festival that is celebrated by worship and dance for the goddesses for nine nights. It’s a very big deal here in India. Oh by the way…Rohin and Veda were in full swing. At one point they were both in the middle of one of the circles running around and dancing. They also did a little dandiya as well. I was really impressed with their skills. Devyani Auntie would be VERY proud.




Mom, if you look closely you will see that Veda even let us put on some jewelry…notice her wrists and ankles. It was really cute.

1 comment:

Vic said...

Looks just like the Diwali Festival in Scranton.