Dandiya

This morning, a third grade student brought in some beautiful instruments called dandiya to share with the class. He explained that dandiya are similar to the rhythm sticks we use in class and they are part of a huge festival that which includes lots of dancing and rhythm making.

Here's a photo of the dandiya sticks (on the right) next to our classroom rhythm sticks (on the left):

Here's a little more information that I found about dandiya and the festival! Very cool!

http://www.indianmirror.com/dance/dandiya.html