{"id":17868,"date":"2026-10-12T12:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17868"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:14:39","slug":"garba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/garba\/","title":{"rendered":"Garba Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Garba Dance Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nine nights of the Navratri festival, marked by dancing the Garba outdoors to welcome the Goddess Ambe Maa, began in Gujarat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Garba Dance<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>ritualistic and devotional dance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> performed throughout <\/span><b>the State of Gujarat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and across India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is celebrated for <\/span><b>nine days during the festival of Navaratri.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival is dedicated to the worship of the <\/span><b>feminine energy or Shakti.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cultural, performative, and visual expressions of this feminine energy are expressed through the Garba dance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The performative and visual celebration of Garba takes place within <\/span><b>homes and temple courtyards.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Social Impact:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It promotes gender inclusivity, community bonding, and social equality across rural and urban spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It continues to be inclusive and participative by diverse and marginalized communities, strengthening community bonds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garba of Gujarat was inscribed on the <\/span><b>UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-culture\/garba-gujarat-navratri-crores-history-10917065\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garba Dance is a ritualistic and devotional dance performed throughout the State of Gujarat, and across India. Read more about Garba Dance, Social Impact, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":128568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10828,21,22,23],"class_list":["post-17868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-garba-dance","tag-prelims-pointers","tag-upsc-current-affairs","tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128656,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17868\/revisions\/128656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}