- @Amrapali #txt-anno http://www.gujarattrails.com/folk-dances {u'ranges': [{u'start': u'/div[9]/div[3]/p[12]', u'end': u'/div[9]/div[3]/p[12]', u'startOffset': 612, u'endOffset': 1619}], u'quote': u'Boys, youth and young men with wooden or metal sticks having coloured flower balls at its end, dance with rhythm in varieties of ways and manners such as \u201cHinch\u201d, \u201cKervo\u201d etc. Dandiya Raas includes several styles such as dodhiya, Panchiya, athiya, Bariya, Bhetiya, Naman, Mandae. The Dance itself creates swastik, Trishul, Dhaja being Shakti\u2019s symbol. Mer Raas: Mers are a community which migrated to Saurashtra. They are at present performed in Porbander and They are handsome and exhibit martial valour during the course of their dance. Before commencing they throw gulal over their body and dresses to exhibit joy, They use thick long sticks (Parona). This Raas is devoid of Song. The Mers from Dandiyas similar to the blow of a sword and their act of taking fudadi is simply astonishing. Their strength and speed indicates their sturdiness and vigorons life. The Mer people also play Raas with the clapping of palms in which young and old all join and dance freely. This type of Raas is called Chabkhi.', u'permissions': {u'read': [], u'admin': [], u'update': [], u'delete': []}, u'text': u'Type of dandia ras', u'tags': [u'Gujarat', u'Dandia-ras', u'Dandiya-ras']} created: Thu, 19 Mar 2015, 05:00 PM UTC