Dandia
are the sticks which are used for dance.
These Dandiya sticks
can vary from 1.5 to 2 feet in length, and is
meant to represent the sword of the avenging
Goddess Durga. The circles formed by men and
women move in clockwise and anti- clockwise
directions. Raas is a very energetic, colorful
and playful dance providing an opportunity for
acting and exchanging messages through eye contact.
Nowadays dancers use metal
dandiya sticks
at the end of which tiny bells (ghungrus) are
tied so that they give off a clear jingling
sound when they strike one another.
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