Navratri Raas Garba - Desi Dandiya party in your city

Navratri 2009 Raas Garba Dandia Dance Party links are here.

Checkout the following websites for Raas Garba Dandia Dance event in your city. The events might charge tickets. Most of them are between October 3rd and October 11th 2008.

• Los Angeles, Anaheim, UCI convention center - http://www.lagarba.org/
• Dallas Coppell - http://dallas.eknazar.com/Events/viewevent.php?id=39344
• Dallas Fortworth DFW - http://www.fundusearch.com/event/Dallas-Indian/dallas-navaratri-raas-garba-20082008-09-23
• Indianapolis - http://indyraasgarba.com/
• Orlando, Florida - http://www.desiclub.com/events/listing.cfm?EventID=5184
• Bay Area, Santa Clara, San Francisco - http://cities.sulekha.com/united-states/california/bay-area/events/Social/2008/09/raas-garba-challenge-2008-sept-26th-27th.htm
• Chicago area, Libertyville, IL - http://cities.sulekha.com/united-states/illinois/chicago/events/social/2008/09/navrang-ras-garba.htm
• OR
• http://www.desikhel.com/
• Edison, New Jersey, New York - http://www.rajsun.com/rajsun_home.html
• OR
• http://cities.sulekha.com/united-states/new-jersey/events/Social/2008/09/dandiya-dhoom-2008-new-jersey-oct-11.htm
• Palo Alto, California - http://www.yelp.com/events/palo-alto-vibha-disco-dandia-2008
• OR http://www.sulekha.com/eventlistings/images/vibhadandia.html
• Washington DC - http://wiki.vibha.org/Dandia_08:Washington_DC_Home

Music for Raas Garba Dandiya:

http://thehindimusic.com/music/download-gujarati-raas-garba-dandiya-mp3/

Garba is customarily performed by women, the dance involves circular patterns of movement and rhythmic clapping. It popularly performed during Navratri. The word comes from "garbha deep" which is translated as either light in the inner sanctum of the temple or lamp inside a perforated earthen pot (which is often used in the dance)