What is Dandiya?
Dandia are the sticks which are used for dance. These Dandiya sticks can vary from 1.5 to 2 feet in length, and is meant to represent the sword of the avenging Goddess Durga. The circles formed by men and women move in clockwise and anti- clockwise directions. Raas is a very energetic, colorful and playful dance providing an opportunity for acting and exchanging messages through eye contact. Nowadays dancers use metal dandiya sticks at the end of which tiny bells (ghungrus) are tied so that they give off a clear jingling sound when they strike one another.
