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| Adivasi youth dressed like 'Poral' and 'Kodal' in Gussadi dance |
Dandari / Gussadi festival
which is popular for Gussadi dance is going on with Adivasi traditions and
customs in connection with Diwali and the Adivasis are celebrating the event
with Gussadi and Dhimsa dances for the last few days in the Adilabad district of Telangana.
The dandari/ Gussadi festival
will come to an end with the Kolabodi puja two days after Diwali.
Gussadis also act as a
traditional matrimony to fix the matches for prospective brides and grooms in
their gudems. Villagers will inquire with the Gussadis about the prevailing
conditions in their village and also details about prospective brides and
grooms in their village.
During the Gussadi /
Dandari dance event, some Adivasi girls get attracted to some Adivasi youth
with their impressive Gussadi dance and some other times girls and boys who
attend the event also fall in love or become friends and that leads to their
marriage.
That is how the Adivasi
parents fix matches for their children who were prospective brides and grooms
for marriage.
Adilabad MP Godam
Nagesh said Gussadi / Dandari troops’ visit to other villages will also act as
a traditional matrimony for the prospective Adivasi brides and grooms and
observed that sometimes dance connects young people also.
One can see Gussadi
troops, wearing head gear made of peacock feathers, going from one village to
another as part of their tradition being practice from time immemorial to keep
the relations intact with their fellow Adivasis lives in other Gudems.
Gussadi dance has become
a symbol to Adivasi culture and their connection with the nature including
forests and animals. In Gussadi dance, actions of the peacock, tiger and other
animals will be performed.
It is tradition among the Adivasis that Gussadis troop will visit a particular Adivasi gudem during Gussadi / dandari festival and that villagers will reciprocate next year and this will go on to strengthen their relations.
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