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It’s Gujarat’s authentic mer (maher) Dandiya raas from Porbandar(Saurashtra) being performed at Royal Albert London in video. Look at how this dance starts at slow pace and then incrementally catches a speed at last. Look at the authentic styles, look how they can bend their legs, how they jump together. It’s difficult to do but these guys are trained since their childhood to do these dance tricks.

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And this is Porbandar’s Maher community’s very famous sword dance. This is actually a warrior dance in which warriors are motivated to fight aggressively. Song being sung is Shivaji’s halardu.

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