Garba Dance Competition by Gujarati Society of British Columbia, 1996

Group portrait of garba dancers posing at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or "shakti." It is a joyful dance, where the dancers move in fluid circular patterns and side to… more

Group portrait of garba dancers posing at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or "shakti." It is a joyful dance, where the dancers move in fluid circular patterns and side to… more

Photograph of garba dancers performing at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or "shakti." It is a joyful dance, where the dancers move in fluid circular patterns and side to… more

Photograph of garba dancers performing at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or "shakti." It is a joyful dance, where the dancers move in fluid circular patterns and side to… more

Photograph of garba dancers performing at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or "shakti." It is a joyful dance, where the dancers move in fluid circular patterns and side to… more

Photograph of garba dancers performing at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or "shakti." It is a joyful dance, where the dancers move in fluid circular patterns and side to… more

Photograph of garba dancers performing at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or "shakti." It is a joyful dance, where the dancers move in fluid circular patterns and side to… more

Group portrait of two unidentified garba dancers posing at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or "shakti." It is a joyful dance, where the dancers move in fluid circular… more

Group portrait of two unidentified garba dancers posing at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Garba is a ritualistic and devotional dance that is performed on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which is dedicated to the worship of the feminine energy or "shakti." It is a joyful dance, where the dancers move in fluid circular… more

Group portrait of Chandra Bodalia and unidentified people at a garba dance competition held by the Gujarati Society of British Columbia. Born in 1948 in Sisodra, a village in Gujarat, India, Chandravadan "Chandra" Bodalia was a talented artist who pursued higher education in commercial arts and painting at the prestigious Sheth C. N. College of Fine Arts in Ahmedabad. After immigrating… more