Thursday, October 6, 2011
Backless cholis are a big hit among younger girls,” says Sarika Dresswala, head designer of Maganlal Dresswala, the city’s most popular costume store.“It’s the most traditional style, but people were not open to the idea before.” She says that hemlines on lehengas are now, knee-length and batik and bandhini prints are becoming popular.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Ahmedabad is one of the greatest places to enjoy Navratri. All kinds of Rasa-Garber, Dandi RAS, etc. have been practiced at this time of feast and fasting are important cultural aspects of the day, and the various rituals of the temples of nine Hindu goddesses. The atmosphere is electric and revelry are õhus.Parimaid places to enjoy the atmosphere of Navratri in Ahmedabad.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The most impressive artistry of the Rasa dances of Gujarat and Saurashtra is displayed in the Dandiya Rasa by men. It is a counterpart of the Garba of the women. The dancers use sticks at the end of which tiny bells (ghungrus) are tied so that they give off a clear jingling sound when they strike one another. This dance has a very complicated rhythm pattern and even though the dancers begin in a slow tempo, the dance develops in such manner that each person in the circle not only performs a solo dance with his own sticks, but also has a complex multiple relationship with both his partners on either side as also partners opposite him in the circles. The circle keeps breaking sometimes into two concentric circles and sometimes into three or four circles within the orbit of a larger circle.
