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'''Garba''' is a form of [[dance]] which originates from the state of [[Gujarat]] in India. The name is derived from the [[Sanskrit]] term ''Garbha'' ("womb") and ''Deep'' ("a small [[earthenware]] lamp"). Many traditional garbas are performed around centrally lit lamp or a [[picture]] or statue of the Goddess Shakti. Traditionally, it is performed during the nine-day [[Hindu]] [[festival]] [[Navratri|Navarātrī]] ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] નવરાત્રી Nava = 9, ratri = nights). Either the lamp (the " garbha Deep'') or an image of the Goddess, [[Durga]] (also called ''Amba'') is placed in middle of concentric rings as an object of veneration. | '''Garba''' is a form of [[dance]] which originates from the state of [[Gujarat]] in India. The name is derived from the [[Sanskrit]] term ''Garbha'' ("womb") and ''Deep'' ("a small [[earthenware]] lamp"). Many traditional garbas are performed around a centrally lit lamp or a [[picture]] or statue of the Goddess Shakti. Traditionally, it is performed during the nine-day [[Hindu]] [[festival]] [[Navratri|Navarātrī]] ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] નવરાત્રી Nava = 9, ratri = nights). Either the lamp (the " garbha Deep'') or an image of the Goddess, [[Durga]] (also called ''Amba'') is placed in middle of concentric rings as an object of veneration. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
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Garba is performed in a circle as a symbol of the [[Hindu]] view of time. The rings of dancers revolve in cycles, as time in [[Hinduism]] is cyclical. As the cycle of time revolves, from birth, to life, to death and again to rebirth, the only thing that is constant is the Goddess, that one unmoving symbol in the midst of all of this unending and infinite movement. The dance symbolizes that God, represented in feminine form in this case, is the only thing that remains unchanging in a constantly changing universe (''jagat''). | Garba is performed in a circle as a symbol of the [[Hindu]] view of time. The rings of dancers revolve in cycles, as time in [[Hinduism]] is cyclical. As the cycle of time revolves, from birth, to life, to death and again to rebirth, the only thing that is constant is the Goddess, that one unmoving symbol in the midst of all of this unending and infinite movement. The dance symbolizes that God, represented in feminine form in this case, is the only thing that remains unchanging in a constantly changing universe (''jagat''). | ||
The ''Garbha Deep'' has another symbolic interpretation. The vessel itself is a symbol of the body, within whom Divinity (in the form of the Goddess) resides. Garba is danced around this symbol to honor the fact that all humans have the Divine energy of [[Devi]] within them | The ''Garbha Deep'' has another symbolic interpretation. The vessel itself is a symbol of the body, within whom Divinity (in the form of the Goddess) resides. Garba is danced around this symbol to honor the fact that all humans have the Divine energy of [[Devi]] within them. | ||
==Dance== | ==Dance== | ||