The event, organised by Warehouse Entertainment, was billed as one of the biggest Dandiya dances in Dubai with 6,000 people expected to turn out. “We paid Dh30 each to join the festivities but it's worth it,'' said Pawan Khetwani, an electronics company executive, who had brought his family and friend Jai Pamnani. Siddharth Chomal, a trader from Rajasthan bordering Gujarat state, was another enthusiastic participant at the event with his family. “I have been in Dubai for the past 15 years and joined the celebrations of Indian festivals such as this,'' said Harmeet Singh Oberoi, an architect from the northern Indian state of Punjab who came with his family. Indian expats in Dubai have been celebrating the event here since the 1960s.Īlthough most of the participants were from western Indian state of Gujarat where Dandiya folk dance is a passion, there were people from other Indian states as well. The festival is an annual event in India to celebrate the victory of good over evil. Over 1,000 expat Indians attired in traditional dresses decorated with shiny glass panels, danced to the rhythmic beats of drums at the Dandiya Raas 2008 held in the Wonderland theme water park near Al Garhoud on Friday night to celebrate the Navratri festival.
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