dandiya raas /ˈdʌndiə ˌrɑːs 
/ ▸ noun [mass noun] a type of traditional Gujarati dance in which pairs of dancers hold a short stick in each hand and strike one another's sticks in time to the music. – ORIGIN Gujarati, from dandiya ‘sticks’ (from daṇḍi ‘stick’) and raas ‘dance’.
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