Raas or Dandiya Raas is the socio-religious folk dance originating from Indian state of Gujarat and popularly performed in the festival of Navaratri.[1][2] The dance is performed in the Marwar region of Rajasthan too.[3]
Etymology[edit]
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Dandiya Dance Steps
The word 'Raas' comes from the Sanskrit word 'Rasa', an aesthetic Indian concept related to emotions and feelings. Kapila Vatsyayan argued that aesthetic theory of the Rasa gives the underlying unity to the Indian arts.[4]
Forms of Raas[edit]
Dandiya Raas, Gopgunthan Solanga Raas and Mer Dandiya Raas are the popular forms of Raas. In Saurashtra, Raas is performed by the men and the dance performed by women is called as Raasda. Element of dance is more prominent in the Raas while music is more prominent in Raasda.[2]
Format[edit]
Men and women traditionally play dandiya-raas and the dance operates in pairs, meaning the group must contain an even number. Generally two lines are formed, with partners facing each other:
The lines move clockwise, and each person steps forward to hit sticks with their partner, then moves on two people. At the end of the line, each turns and joins the line opposite, so the movement is continuous. The music starts very slowly […] It is an eight-beat time cycle called Kaherva and performed in the following manner: on the first beat your own sticks are hit together, followed by right sticks with your partner, then left sticks (or the same stick if using one). Each one then turns away to the left to hit their own sticks together before turning back to the partner to hit right sticks again, and before moving on two places to a new partner.[5]
Gujarati Dandiya Raas Mp3 Punjabi
References[edit]
- ^Education, International Society for Music (1984). ISME Yearbook. B. Schott's Söhne. p. 118.
- ^ abSharma, Manorma (2007). Musical Heritage of India. APH Publishing. p. 59. ISBN9788131300466.
- ^Khyāta: itihāsa, kalā, evaṃ saṃskr̥ti kī śodha patrikā (in Hindi). Marubhūmi Śodha Saṃsthāna. 2002. p. 240.
- ^Vatsyayan, Kapila (1987). Traditions of Indian folk dance. Clarion Books associated with Hind Pocket Books. p. 5. ISBN9788185120225.
- ^David. Performing faith. pp. 138–9.
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noun
mass nounA type of traditional Gujarati dance in which pairs of dancers hold a short stick in each hand and strike one another's sticks in time to the music.
‘Mostly played on the ‘sharad pooram’ day, which falls after the Navaratri celebrations, the ‘dandiya raas’ is played to the lilting tunes of Gujarati folk music, which usually hails the glory of ‘Ambe Ma’.’- ‘In India there are big garba and dandiya raas parties in towns and cities, often with major dandiya performers joining in.’
- ‘The Gujarati community of the city celebrated Navratras by organising a dandiya raas under the leadership of its president, Mr Raj Thakur of Shree Gujarati Samaj.’
- ‘Navratri, the much-awaited nine day celebration marked by dandiya raas and garba will see the latest fashion trends on display, as every year.’
- ‘Along with dandiya raas, one also witnessed other dances like huddo, characterised by a vigorous clapping of hands by two rows of men resembling high fives.’
- ‘Originally a male dance, dandiya raas once served as a stand-in for sword fights but has lost its meaning and is now just good fun all around.’
Origin
Gujarati, from dandiya ‘sticks’ (from daṇḍi ‘stick’) and raas ‘dance’.