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Saratoga Dandia Organizing Committee
Upcoming Events Organized by Saratoga Dandia Organizing Committee
Saturday
SEP 27
7:00PM (PDT)
Saratoga Dandia 2025
West Valley Community College Large Gym, 14000 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA - 95070 Saratoga Hindu Temple & Community CenterSaratoga Dandia Organizing Committee details
The fifth annual Saratoga Dandia, taking place Oct. 11, will be just the event to relive the night.
For the second year in a row, the event will be held at the West Valley College gymnasium. And similar to the Aug. 18 Bollywood dance, much of the evening will be devoted to dancing and eating, said Seema Kumar, the lead on the Saratoga Dandia organizing committee. Most importantly, this cultural event is open to everyone, she said.
"The whole idea of starting this was to bring the community together," said Kumar. "Everybody who comes participates."
A live band will perform traditional music, switching between tunes for dandia and garba, another type of dance that consists of various hand and foot movements. The youth tend to gravitate toward the former type of dance, while garba is the preferred style for their parents, said Kumar.
"Dandia is a dance with sticks," explained Kumar. "Most young people like to do the dance with sticks, and traditional folks like to do the hand dance."
