Garba grooves reach UN: Gujarat's traditional dance form makes it to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list

A wonderful delight during the Navratri festival, the Garba dance, is now a part of UNESCO's `Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity', Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced on Wednesday.The dance form is widely popular in Gujarat and different parts of the country during the Navratri festival. “The age-old tradition of devotion to Goddess Mother in the form of Garba is alive and growing. Garba which has become the identity of Gujarat has been approved by UNESCO under its intangible cultural heritage list,” Patel said in a post on X.