- @Amrapali #txt-anno http://www.indianscriptures.com/vedic-society/arts/arts-and-traditions-of-gujarat {u'ranges': [{u'start': u'/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[3]/p[94]/u[1]', u'end': u'/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[3]', u'startOffset': 0, u'endOffset': 14692}], u'quote': u'Origin of Dandia Raas - Raas or Dandia Raas probably has its roots in Kutch and Saurashtra but is as old as Puranic period. Dandia Raas or Raas Nritya was most famously performed by Shri Krishna and Gopis in the Indian mythological era.\n\n\tTraditional Raas\n\n\tThere are three forms of traditional raas \u2013\n\n\tDanda Rasaka- Keeping time by striking Dandia sticks together.\n\n\tMandala or Tala Rasaka- Keeping time by clapping together\n\n\tLata Rasaka- Clinging onto each other and gyrating like tree creepers.\n\n\tOther varieties of Dandia Raas\n\n\tThese includes Gof variation (stringed dandias), Mer Raas (in northern Gujarat) and Gher Raas (in southern Gujarat).', u'permissions': {u'read': [], u'admin': [], u'update': [], u'delete': []}, u'text': u'Dandia-ras types', u'tags': [u'Gujarat', u'Dandia-ras-folk-dance', u'Navaratri']} created: Mon, 02 Mar 2015, 04:23 PM UTC