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Dandiya Raas

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Raas or Dandiya Raas is the traditional folk dance form of Gujarat & Rajasthan India, and is associated with scenes of Holi, and lila of Krishna and Radha at Vrindavan. [1]

39 relations: Aarti, Bandhani, Bongo drum, Choli, Choreography, Dance, Dhol, Dholak, Disco, Dupatta, Durga, Folk art, Folk dance, Garba (dance), Gujarat, Gujarati cinema, Holi, India, Krishna, Law enforcement in the United Kingdom, Lehenga, Lila (Hinduism), Mahishasura, Muslim, Navaratri, North India, Radha, Rajasthan, Rasa (aesthetics), Rasa lila, Rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sanskrit, Saurashtra (region), Sword, Taal (instrument), Tabla, Vadodara, Vrindavan, Western India.

Aarti

Aarti also spelled arti, arati, arathi, aarthi (In Devanagari: आरती) is a Hindu religious ritual of worship, a part of puja, in which light from wicks soaked in ghee (purified butter) or camphor is offered to one or more deities.

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Bandhani

Bandhani (बांधानी) is a type of tie-dye textile decorated by plucking the cloth with the fingernails into many tiny bindings that form a figurative design.

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Bongo drum

Bongos (Spanish: bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed drums of different sizes.

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Choli

A choli (Hindi: चोली, ચોળી., चोळी, Nepali: चोलो cholo) (known in South India as ravike (Kannada: ರವಿಕೆ, Telugu: రవికె, Tamil: ரவிக்கை) is a midriff-baring blouse or upper garment commonly worn with a sari in South Asia. Choli is also part of the ghagra choli costume in South Asia.

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Choreography

Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion, form, or both are specified.

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Dance

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.

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Dhol

Dhol (ढोल, ਢੋਲ, ڈھول, ঢোল, ઢોલ, ढोल, ঢোল) can refer to any one of a number of similar types of double-headed drum widely used, with regional variations, throughout the Indian subcontinent.

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Dholak

The dholak (ਢੋਲਕ, ঢোলক, ढोलक; ढोलक; dhool in the Netherlands and Suriname and ඩොල්කි) is a South Asian two-headed hand-drum.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Dupatta

Dupatta (दुपट्टा, دوپٹا, دوپٹا), also Chunari, Chunri (चुनरी, چنری), Chunni (چنی), Odhni, Orni, Chādar-odhni, Pacheri, Orna (ওড়না) or Unna (উন্না) is a shawl-like scarf and is essential to many women's clothing (usually matched with the garment) from the Indian subcontinent.

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Durga

Durga, also identified as Adi Parashakti, Devī, Shakti, Bhavani, Parvati, Amba and by numerous other names, is a principal and popular form of Hindu goddess.

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Folk art

Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople.

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Folk dance

A folk dance is developed by people that reflect the life of the people of a certain country or region.

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Garba (dance)

Garba (ગરબા in Gujarati) is a form of dance which originated in the state of Gujarat in India.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

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Gujarati cinema

Gujarati cinema, informally referred to as Dhollywood or Gollywood, is the Gujarati language film industry.

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Holi

Holi (Holī), also known as the "festival of colours", is a spring festival celebrated all across the Indian subcontinent as well as in countries with large Indian subcontinent diaspora populations such as Jamaica, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mauritius, and Fiji.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Krishna

Krishna (Kṛṣṇa) is a major deity in Hinduism.

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Law enforcement in the United Kingdom

Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

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Lehenga

Lehenga or lehnga or langa (Hindi: लहंगा Urdu: لہنگا lahangā, Punjabi: ਲਹਿੰਗਾ lēhēṅgā, Gujarati: લેહગા lēhagā, Bengali: লেহেঙ্গা lehengā, Telugu: లంగా Kannada: ಲಂಗ laṅgā), Ghagra or gagra (Hindi: घाघरा Gujarati: ઘાઘરા Urdu: گھاگھرا ghāghrā, Punjabi: ਘਾਗਰਾ ghāgrā), also Chaniya (Gujarati: ચણિયા) Pavadai (Tamil: பாவாடை) and Lacha (Malayalam: ലഹങ്ക) is a form of full ankle-length skirt worn by women from the Indian subcontinent which is long, embroidered and pleated.

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Lila (Hinduism)

Lila (लीला, IAST) or Leela can be loosely translated as the "divine play".

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Mahishasura

Mahishasura is a buffalo demon in Hindu mythology, known for deception and who pursued his evil ways by shape shifting into different forms.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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Navaratri

Navaratri (नवरात्रि, literally "nine nights"), also spelled Navratri or Navarathri, is a nine nights (and ten days) Hindu festival, celebrated in the autumn every year.

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North India

North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India.

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Radha

Radha (IAST), also called Radhika, Radharani, and Radhe, is a Hindu goddess popular in the Vaishnavism tradition.

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Rajasthan

Rajasthan (literally, "Land of Kings") is India's largest state by area (or 10.4% of India's total area).

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Rasa (aesthetics)

A rasa (रस, രാസ്യം.) literally means "juice, essence or taste".

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Rasa lila

The Rass lila (IAST) (रास लीला) or Rass dance is part of the traditional story of Krishna described in Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavata Purana and literature such as the Gita Govinda, where he dances with Radha and her sakhis.

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Rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan African music is characterised by a "strong rhythmic interest" that exhibits common characteristics in all regions of this vast territory, so that Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980) has described the many local approaches as constituting one main system.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Saurashtra (region)

Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or Kathiawar, is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast.

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Sword

A sword is a bladed weapon intended for slashing or thrusting that is longer than a knife or dagger.

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Taal (instrument)

The taal (তাল;, Gini), manjira (also spelled manjīrā or manjeera), jalra, or gini is a pair of clash cymbals, which make high-pitched percussion sounds.

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Tabla

The tabla is a membranophone percussion instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent, consisting of a pair of drums, used in traditional, classical, popular and folk music.

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Vadodara

Vadodara (formerly known as Baroda) is the third-largest.

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Vrindavan

Vrindavan is a town in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Western India

Western India is a loosely defined region of India consisting of its western part.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandiya_Raas

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