Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Garba Workshops Blend Traditional Steps With Social Media Trends
People in Hyderabad are learning garba and dandiya before Navaratri.
These are traditional dances often performed during the festival.
Workshops teach new dancers the basic steps and help experienced dancers learn harder ones.
Some groups practise to popular songs, including “Mhara Srinath Ji.”
Many people record their dances and share the videos on social media.
Organizers say younger dancers often follow current music trends.
The workshops also help participants prepare different dances for the festival’s nine days.
Their routines mix traditional folk dancing with newer moves.
Dandiya and garba workshops are taking place across Hyderabad’s twin cities before Navaratri begins over the weekend.
Sessions teach beginners traditional basics and help experienced dancers develop more advanced moves.
Participants are learning routines to popular songs, with “Mhara Srinath Ji” described as trending this year.
Organizers say social media is influencing song and step choices, while participants film and share performances online.
Gujarati-origin women and younger dancers use the workshops to prepare new routines, including performances for each of Navaratri’s nine days.
- Who
- Dandiya and garba participants, workshop organizers, and Gujarati-origin groups in Hyderabad.
- What
- Workshops are teaching traditional and newer dance moves and helping participants prepare Navaratri routines.
- When
- Ahead of Dasara Navaratri, which the article says begins over the weekend.
- Where
- Across Hyderabad’s twin cities.
- Why
- To teach dance steps and prepare performances for Navaratri; social media trends also influence song and move choices.
Traditional dance
Modern trends
Steps and style
Traditional dance
The workshops teach the basics of traditional Gujarati dance forms and preserve folk styles.
Modern trends
Participants also learn newer moves and combine them with modern styles.
Music and sharing
Traditional dance
The groups perform garba and dandiya as part of their Navaratri celebrations.
Modern trends
Popular songs and social media trends shape routines, and dancers record and post videos online.
- Dance forms
- Garba and dandiya
- Occasion
- Dasara Navaratri
- Workshop location
- Hyderabad’s twin cities
- Trending song
- “Mhara Srinath Ji,” according to Saloni Jain
- Festival duration
- Nine days, with participants preparing different routines for each day
- Social media platform mentioned
- Workshop approach
- A fusion of modern and folk styles, according to Kaushal Vakhariya Heer Shah