Saturday, October 15, 2005

Garba sans saree experience ..:)

As the title suggests i decided to go in a nice sime salwar suit becos i wanted to dance a lot..being from south india the only garbas i have been are here in US...:) this is probably the 4th garba iam attending and for the last three i have never even considered the option of wearing a saree...even though i would love to flaunt it..(Aria i do that all the time in front of my mirror:D..my roomie says that iam still not out of that kintergarden phase..)..N was the one who started this idea and finally N and S dressed up in saree ..they looked very pretty too :)
But the actual garba was a real bummer..becos we were all so engrossed in getting dressed..we were very late and we missed the Garba raas..made it just in time for dandiya lessons..since i had been to 3 Garbas before this it was no problem for me to master it and actually N and S danced pretty well too without their saree falling apart..iam so gonna go in saree for next garba..anyways back to the anticlimatic evening the beat for dandiya was so slow that i almost fell asleep..at one point i expected the next dandiya song to be "waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam.."..lol
but it was fun with N, S and ofcourse Mr.A was there :)
i danced a lot with uncles and aunties this time actually something that i have never done in the last three and it was fun..other than one uncle repeatedly hitting my fingers with the dandiya stick every single time i got to dance with him.....:D
but all in all i missed the fun i had in last 3 garbas where i would dance with abandon ..iam usually so tired and hungry at the end of it that we all go out eat something at like 1 am and then sleep for like 12 hours after that :)...the garba event got over at 11 with aarti and here also i was surprised when instead of " jai jagadish hare.." they started some other song..everyone was so quite during aarti as no one knew how to sing that song....
i dont know why i felt so cheated yesterday....hopefully next garba can recreate the magic of first garba for me ..
cheers
jeenu

8 comments:

vi said...

Jeenu,
thanks for sharing your experinece with us!
LOL@ waqt ne kiya...

and film song for aarti???? On a serious note hamara culture bas film culture ban ke rah gaya hai :(

vi

Rays Of Sun said...

#Jeenu,

Ohh..I know, how it feels when you dont expereince when the same feeling that you did first time around!

BTW, its my turn today..and u know for ganpati..I did wear a green chiffon saree, sans sleevless blouse, but it looked nice..well, I aint wearing a saree though!

Bhole said...

Jeenu,

Garba sans saree is like chai bina shakkar ;)

Mr. A, eh?

First time's a charm :)

Vi - and film song for aarti???? I think she means filmi song for garba/dandiya. These days they play dandiya on goli maar behje mein..bheja shor karta hai :(

ROS - Have fun :)

Bhole

jeenu said...

hi Vi
yeah i know..i was so shocked and so were my friends..i know wat u mean by that :( it was such an anticlimax
hey ROS
have fun..u need to blog about it too :)
Bhole..
hmmmmmmmm chai sounds nice with lot of cheeny for me :D
cheer
jeenu

aria said...

Jeenu LOL @ uncles hitting your fingers.
Mr A was around too..
Nice assortment of guys ..

These days every now n then you hear a bhajan in some filmy tune. They have started playing proper filmy songs in aarti too .. sad :(

Do wear saree next time .. to recreate the fun of first garba .. :D

jeenu said...

hi aria,
well iam planning on wearing a saree def for next garba and i have even selected the saree..a black kanchipuram silk...:D
cant wait for an year to fly by..:)
cheers
jeenu

Ginkgo said...

looks like the A,B,C 's have expanded...:-)

How u doin Jeenu:-)

jeenu said...

hey Gi
long time no see..i can see that u r stuck in houston :D
well me doing great
wat about u ????
cheers
jeenu