World largest gathering and longest duration dance festival. You can see People from all the age groups dressed in vibrant color dresses (Orange, pink, green, maroon and black ) and dancing to the Garba (Garba is an Indian form of dance that originated in the Gujarat region)tunes.
Even the guys who don’t know the steps of the Garba are dressed up in the traditional attire and adding to the vibrancy of the festival.
Both men and women usually wear colorful costumes while performing garba and dandiya. The girls and the women wear ghaghra choli, a three-piece dress with choli on the top and ghaghra as bottom, made of cotton with beads, shells, mirrors, sitars, and embroidery work, mati, jhumkas, necklaces, bindi, bajubandh, chudas and kangans, kamarbandh, payal, and mojiris and dupatta tucked in the Gujarati manner.
Boys and men wear kafni pyjamas with a kediyu - a short round kurta - above the knees and pagadi on the head with bandhini dupatta, kada, and mojiris.
Even the guys who don’t know the steps of the Garba are dressed up in the traditional attire and adding to the vibrancy of the festival.
Both men and women usually wear colorful costumes while performing garba and dandiya. The girls and the women wear ghaghra choli, a three-piece dress with choli on the top and ghaghra as bottom, made of cotton with beads, shells, mirrors, sitars, and embroidery work, mati, jhumkas, necklaces, bindi, bajubandh, chudas and kangans, kamarbandh, payal, and mojiris and dupatta tucked in the Gujarati manner.
Boys and men wear kafni pyjamas with a kediyu - a short round kurta - above the knees and pagadi on the head with bandhini dupatta, kada, and mojiris.
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truly said vidhya, this dance form is full of energy and zeal with colourful dresses. Performed during 9 Nights (Navratri) before Dushhera; people dance around the Goddess Amba and share their happiness and spiritual believes with everyone.
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