In those days, in Calicut, Kochin, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Seattle, London, Tokyo, Bahrain or other places where there were a sizable population of Gujarati’s lived, outside the nearby areas of Gujarat-spread, dandiya never came out of the Gujarati pandals. And it was still having much of the religious and ritual flavour it has amassed in its growth, from the cultural transitions of Gujarat and Rajastan. At that time, though it was a crowd puller of sorts, it was not so popular as it is today. But I got the first hand experience on the danda/the sticks only some eight years ago while I was at St. I heard about it for the first time in my life, some ten years ago, I think.
The vibrant culture of Gujarat has played an anchoring role in giving this art form the popularity it richly deserves and the glitz and glamour it is rightly associated with. The fact of the art is that in other states where it was performed with equal enthusiasm such as Andhra Pradesh it has under gone cyclic dormancy and resurgence. The art of the matter is that the western states of India, Rajasthan and especially Gujarat, have kept this art form alive, out of dormancy even while undergoing turbulent periods of historical contingencies. The story of dandiya is like no other in that it has been successfully traversed the bounds of all human contrivances of nationality, religion, and other sectarian interests. No wonder then, from the tiny tribal pockets of ancient India it has reached every corner of the world, not just reached the divergent ‘pandals’ of our multi-cultural world it is virtually conquering every cultural space it is allowed to unwind minds young and those try young, loudly. For those who have entered, even once, in the magnetic range of its enticement, it is poetry par excellence. She gave her contribution in all categories Like devotional folk, wedding and Raas-Garba Songs.Dandiya:The Great Indian Social Dance SeptemPosted by sumesh in Ancient India, Culture, Dandiya, Folk Dance, Folk Music, India, Uncategorized.ĭandiya is a mesmerizing poetry of human movements in tune to captivating rhythmic beats, intermittent jingling sound of bells and clattering of sticks, and electrifying flow of colours and light. She has thousands of fans following on Social media and thousands on YouTube. Divya Chaudhary is known for Gujarati folklore, her Raas Garba singing in Gujarati and Hindi music fraternity. In 2018 with the support of Music Composer Ajay Vagheshwari, she released her song ‘Chaudhary Ni Ramzat’ which was produced by Studio Saraswati and it gave her the title of ‘Best song of the year’. Her recent song which became popular on YouTube is ‘Ray Dheladi’ which has got over a million views. Divya through her song called ‘Chaudhary Ni Entry’ dived deep and came out becoming a popular singer of 2018. At a very tender age, she had a clear path of becoming a singer and she started taking part in Annual Day functions to mould her carrier in Singing. Her recent song which became popular on YouTube is ‘Ray Dheladi’ which has got over a million views.-NE photoĭivya was born in the Banaskatha district of Gujarat.