Dancing with the Goddess : the Ras-Garba traditions of Gujarat

Dancing with the Goddess : the Ras-Garba traditions of Gujarat / producer and director, Dr. Purnima Shah.

Other author/creator	Shah, Purnima, producer, director.
Format	Electronic and Video (Streaming)
Publication Info	[Place of publication not identified] : Privately Published, 2015.
Description	1 online resource (72 minutes)
Supplemental Content	https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?MARC;3403218
Subject(s)	Gujaratis (Indic people)--Rites and ceremonies. Religious dance--India --Gujarat. Goddess religion--India --Gujarat. Gujarat (India)--Religious life and customs.

Abstract	An ethnographic film focusing on the performative traditions of Goddess worship in Gujarat, India, with particular attention to the regional variations of the garba, garbi and ras dances performed during the religious festival, Navaratri (festival of nine nights celebrating the nine forms of the Goddess Shakti). The film exemplifies the impact of globalization, giving rise to new forms such as the disco-garba.
General note	Title from resource description page (viewed May 26, 2017).
Performer	Narrator, Prof. Ava LaVonne Vinesett.
Language	In English, with some interviews in Gujarati with English subtitles.
Genre/form	Documentary films.
Genre/form	Feature films.

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