His lord ship Jerry Silaa, Mayor of Ilala Municipal, receives a bouquet of flowers from Mr. Hitesh Patel, the chairman of patel brotherhood,patel (SAMAJ) during the opening of ten days ceremony of great festive celebration of Navaratri&Diwali. In his speech the mayor encouraged Tanzanians to observe their basic human rights, the freedom of worship and respect to one's belief so that societies can enjoy living in peace and harmony.The Mayor also expressed his immense pleasure to be part of the celebration as the festival attracts people from all over the world to come and enjoy peace, harmony, culture and enrich the same by bringing their own culture and traditions.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Navaratri is a festival dedicated to the worship of a Hindu deity Shakti.
The word Navaratri literally means 'nine nights' in Sanskrit, 'nava' meaning nine and 'ratri' meaning nights.
During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti are worshiped.
On the first three days Durga is worshipped and on the next three days devotees engage in worshipping Laxmi and the last three nights prayers are offered to Hindu goddess of learning and education, Saraswati.
Dance plays an important role in Navaratri celebration with the young and the old dressing themselves up in colourful attire and grooving with special 'dandiya' sticks.
The form is known as 'Garba dance'. It is a popular Indian dance and can be easily seen in states like Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The performers queue in a circular format and engage in dance and merrymaking.
The word 'Garba' originates from 'Garbha Deep' which stands for a lamp that is placed inside a perforated earthen pot or Garba. The pot is lightened by the lamp inside it and symbolises the embryonic life.
The 10th day of the festival is commonly referred to as "Vijayadashami" or "Dussehra".
Celebrities from different fields wished India on the occasion on Navaratri.
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