Pili vesha folk art: dancing to the beat
Garbaa, the word for the Gujarati folk dance, comes from a Sanskrit root, grb, for womb. Round and round we twirl to celebrate Navratri, the lunar festival of nine nights of dancing in honor of the goddess.
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The Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) set up regional branches – the one in Andhra being known as Praja Natya Mandali (People’s Theatre Congregation), which gave folk singers, dancers and storytellers an official platform, while retaining their flavour.