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Navratri Begins: Ready To Dance The Garba?

October 03, 2024 10:05 IST

Like the rest of India, Surat too is gearing up for the Navratri festival.

Part of the beautiful Garba, that is so synonymous with the nine-day festival, this is a special part of the traditional form of the dance that is performed carrying decorated pots on the head.

 

Playing Garba during Navratri

IMAGE: Women practise balancing the holy kalash on their heads and perform the Garba for Goddess Umiya ahead of the Navratri festival at the Umiya Dham temple in Surat. Photograph: ANI Photo

 

Dancing Garba during Navratri

IMAGE: Each woman carries three pots.

 

Dancing Garba during Navratri

IMAGE: At another event in Surat, this young woman carries seven pots on her head, topped with a Trishul.

 

Dancing the Garba to celebrate Navratri

IMAGE: Sufi artistes rehearse for Navratri in Ahmedabad.

 

Dancing the Garba to celebrate Navratri

IMAGE: Each dancer creates an elegant pose.

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