As the city is adorned with the celebrations of Navratri, the people are taking full pleasure of Garba dance with a lot of fervour. Various Navratri celebration programmes are being organised in the city where the enthusiasts are enjoying the colours of this fest.
Similarly, the Garba performance was held at Utkal Bhavan on Saturday wherein the participants enjoyed the Dandiya Raas. Here, the participants tapped their feet over the Gujarati rhythms and traditional songs. The participants gave wonderful performances adding more zest to the Garba event.
It is to be noted that a week-long Garba workshop was organised by Chaitanya Socio Cultural Group at Utkal Bhavan. During the workshop, youngsters learnt the traditional and folk steps of garba performance which they presents before the Bhopalites on Saturday.
The programme began with the devotional spirit where the participants performed aarti for Goddess Durga. The performance was then followed with the aradhna of Garba Devi Maa. The participants with a lot of enthusiasm performed the Garba Raas keeping their spirits high. The energy level that was put in by the performers in their performances added more zest in the presentation and the Garba was pleasing to the eyes of the audience.
Following the traditional garba steps, the artists gave an enthralling performance presenting the Garba on traditional songs and then adding the lavani dance making the performance even more delightful. later, the students gave a performance on Ghoomar, another form of Garba dance which made the people tap their feet with more fervor and ecstasy.