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			{{Short description\|Folk dance from Karnataka, India}}
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	[[File:Gaarudi Gombe.jpg\|250px\|right\|thumb\|Dolls used in the Gaarudi Gombe dance]]		[[File:Gaarudi Gombe.jpg\|250px\|right\|thumb\|Dolls used in the Gaarudi Gombe dance]]
	'''Gaarudi Gombe''' is a [[folk dance]] prevalent in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. Dancers adorn themselves with giant doll-suits made of [[bamboo]] sticks. The term ''Gaarudi-Gombe'' means ''magical-doll'' in the native language, [[Kannada]]. This dance is performed during major festivals and also in the procession held during the festivities of [[Mysore Dasara]]. This dance is also known as ''Tattiraya'' in the coastal districts of [[Karnataka]]. The term ''Tattiraya'' means a ''person carrying a doll made of bamboo sticks''.<ref name="up">A description of Gaarudi Gombe is provided by {{Cite web\|url=http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1.html \|title=Folk Arts - Music and Dance \|work=Online webpage of udupipages.com \|publisher=Shathabdi Graphics Pvt. Ltd. \|access-date=2007-05-13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102054528/http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1.html \|archive-date=2007-01-02 \|url-status=~~dead~~ }}</ref>		'''Gaarudi Gombe''' is a [[folk dance]] prevalent in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. Dancers adorn themselves with giant doll-suits made of [[bamboo]] sticks. The term ''Gaarudi-Gombe'' means ''magical-doll'' in the native language, [[Kannada]]. This dance is performed during major festivals and also in the procession held during the festivities of [[Mysore Dasara]]. This dance is also known as ''Tattiraya'' in the coastal districts of [[Karnataka]]. The term ''Tattiraya'' means a ''person carrying a doll made of bamboo sticks''.<ref name="up">A description of Gaarudi Gombe is provided by {{Cite web\|url=http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1.html \|title=Folk Arts - Music and Dance \|work=Online webpage of udupipages.com \|publisher=Shathabdi Graphics Pvt. Ltd. \|access-date=2007-05-13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102054528/http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1.html \|archive-date=2007-01-02 \|url-status=usurped }}</ref>

	==Origin==		==Origin==

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[[File:Gaarudi Gombe.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Dolls used in the Gaarudi Gombe dance]]
'''Gaarudi Gombe''' is a [[folk dance]] prevalent in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. Dancers adorn themselves with giant doll-suits made of [[bamboo]] sticks. The term ''Gaarudi-Gombe'' means ''magical-doll'' in the native language, [[Kannada]]. This dance is performed during major festivals and also in the procession held during the festivities of [[Mysore Dasara]]. This dance is also known as ''Tattiraya'' in the coastal districts of [[Karnataka]]. The term ''Tattiraya'' means a ''person carrying a doll made of bamboo sticks''.<ref name="up">A description of Gaarudi Gombe is provided by {{Cite web|url=http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1.html |title=Folk Arts - Music and Dance |work=Online webpage of udupipages.com |publisher=Shathabdi Graphics Pvt. Ltd. |access-date=2007-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102054528/http://www.udupipages.com/home/culture/folk1.html |archive-date=2007-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Origin==
According to a '''legend''', this dance was performed even in the times of the [[Hindu]] epic, [[Mahabharata]]. When the [[Hindu]] Lord [[Krishna]]'s wife [[Satyabhama]] was angry with him, he soothed her anger by wearing a Gaarudi Gombe doll.<ref name="origin">Legend related to the Gaarudi Gombe dance is mentioned by {{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/354270.cms|title=On a high of music, dance medley|work=Online edition of the Times of India, dated 2003-12-12|publisher=© 2007 Times Internet Limited|access-date=2007-05-13|date=2003-12-12}}</ref>

==Creation of the dolls==
The face of the doll is made up of wooden basket with [[papier-mache]] applied on it. Using appropriate sketches and colours, the face of the doll is created. Each face is supported by a wooden frame. The dolls can be as much as 10 to 12 feet in height and including the frame, the total weight can be as high as 40 kg.<ref name="up" /><ref name="origin" /> A person fits himself into the frame from the underside and performs the dance carrying this huge structure on his shoulder<ref name="up" /><ref name="origin" /> Provisions are made for the performer to see the outside world through an opening in the frame.

==The dance==
Due to the heavy weight of the dolls to be carried, most of the performers are men.<ref name="origin" /> The dance performance can go on for as much as eight hours, thus the performers take turns carrying the heavy dolls.<ref name="origin" /> Though the main idea behind the performance is to create a funny atmosphere, they are also used as a medium to ward off evil spirits.<ref name="up" />

==Notes==
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{{Karnataka topics}}

[[Category:Folk dances of Karnataka]]

Gaarudi Gombe - Revision history

Adiyogirudraksha: basic expand references based on references further and cleaned formatting for clarity

>John of Reading: /* The dance */Typo fixing, replaced: ward of evil → ward off evil