Buffalo Garba-2005

Hello fellows,

Navratri is going on and the Gujarati Samaj of Buffalo like each year had their Garba in a Church Hall ( Yes its wired Garba in Church!!) But this time instead of one day… We had garba for two days…. Friday and Saturday…

Not all the Dhamaalies in Buffalo preferred to come on Friday. (which I personally feel was a much better day for playing Garba as there was more space…) But Saturday Garba Rocked…..Hemal ( chotli), Jeetal, Nimesh, Saloni, Kanan, Kavita, Chandresh, Keya ( most of you know her) and myself (Purvin) were there…

As usual there were some discussions before Garba on the difference in the style of Garba from Gujarat and Mumbai…..But once we were there nothing mattered…
Everyone was so enthu for playing Garba that we all jumped into the arena… and were tapping our feet to the gujju garba music….

The girls were doing some kind of spinning popat... which I tried to copy but was not very successful. So most of the times I kept myself to the patent jumping Dodhiyu…
But I should say the girls were very graceful in their act……
Slowly the pace of the garba increased and we also did not disappoint the DJ (DR. Bhupendra Patel) and kept with the pace…

Apart for the Dhamaalies there was a big crowd from UB and guys let me tell you the girls were looking stunning …. As far as guys were concerned I shall let the girls comment on it…

After playing for about an hour and a half... Dandia-raas started which also had its initial confusions... Once again Kanan and Saloni were playing some Dandi raas in which they were spinning a lot and doing everything except for making contact of Dandia with the opposite person.. It was really getting difficult for first time 40 plus uncles and aunty to play with them…but in the end everyone had fun…..

After that we had Maataaji ni Arti… a perfect time for fishing!!!! The dhamaal Guys were successful in their fishing…. And it followed by Prasad or I should rather say dinner.

We had Fafda , Jalabi, Kachodi, Green Chatni, and some shero and other sweets….
I used my Amdavadi skills of gusofying in a line and got plates twice before our actual turn came… This was not enough we had an announcement that Chole-Puri is also there for the bhookhadas.. And we were not behind in getting it…

Well but this was not enough…. Then started the hich(gujju term for jhatka ;)) and again followed by garba and dandia..
Not to forget followed by mango & pista ice-cream…wah kya mazzaaa aa gaya.
It was a memorable evening which everyone shall cherish…
The next day morning was bad with everyone having a body and feet aching….. As all of us had played garba for prolonged hours after a long time…
But the pain was worth for what we enjoyed the previous day….


-- PURVIN