Ithaca, NY
Illika took Tahra, Hillary, Melissa and I out for Fall Garba, a Hindi festival celebrating harvest season. Although, when Illika was asked to explain the exact reasons for this dance celebration, she mostly responded that Indians just really like their festivals, and that at any given time of the year there's some sort of celebration happening that warrants a large dance party.
Illika, of course, was far more decked out than we were in a full traditional outfit, while we just borrowed shirts.
So, once Illika had provided the proper attire, we set out to learn some hindi dance moves. For this event, the dances were large group dances, not partners. There were some dances where each person had a pair of sticks and clacked them together, or on someone else's, or on the floor as part of each dance move. There were also a lot of dances of large groups of people doing the same jump, skip, or spin steps around in a circle. One dance was remarkably similar to the electric slide.
In spite of us being in an extreme minority of non-Indian people, it was a really fun and interesting experience. Plus, they provided some awesome Indian food.
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