Garba-Raas!

Weekend recap..

Saw the Texas-OU game at a friend's apartment on Saturday afternoon.. we finally won!  Broke a six-year losing streak.. definitely worth the wait though.. final score 45-12.

Later that night, went to Garba-Raas for the first time in years. For those non-Indians, basically there's two types of dances: one is garba, which is a four-step dance, two steps facing forward, and two steps facing backwards (but still dancing forwards).  The second is called raas (or dandiya-raas translated as "stick dance"), where you have two sticks and a partner standing directly in front you; there's 5-steps: 1-2)  tap one of your sticks with your partner's stick, 3) tap your own sticks together, 4) tap one of your sticks with your partner's stick, 5) tap your own sticks together.

The raas is more fun in my opinion, since you can modify what you do on step 3 to mix it up.  There's also other variations that include 12-steps instead of 5.  It's quite a workout though, since you're constantly moving and the beat is pretty fast.  You're also in a line, so if you miss a beat or want to rest, the entire line gets messed up and people get pissed.