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For any Gujarati person, autumn is just another name for garba season.
With Navaratri starting on Sept. 25, 2014, and continuing for nine days until Oct. 3, Indians all around the world celebrate the Hindu deity Durga with garba.
Garba is a Gujarati form of folk dance that has several components to it. Garba celebrations usually happen during Hindu festivals (like Navarati or Diwali) or even at weddings, and attract hundreds of people to perform dances around a picture or statue of a god or goddess.
In general, there are three main types of garba dances (or garbos) β raas, using dandiyas (or sticks) is the most popular one. Even though most garbas use traditional music, these days they also utilize a fusion of Bollywood music and Punjabi bhangra. They can be performed anywhere from school gyms to community centres to huge convention spaces like Toronto's International Centre, which also happens to be North America's largest garba venue.
Here are 17 signs you go to garba every single year... and love it. Have more to add? Let us know in the comments below.
Do I go with the saree or do I whip out the vintage choli suit?
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8,000 people in one room? Nope.
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Even if they can't get the steps right.
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#MyLegsHurt
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See what we mean...
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But we're also smart enough to know to bring our own water bottles.
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Or those Guju aunties will shame you.
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"So we have these sticks.. and go around in circles.. and hit other people's sticks.."
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And have probably won the title in the past.
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(Just kidding, Indian parents).
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Stick with a belan.
And this movie makes you feel extra special.
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