Raas is of many types and matki raas song is one of the most traditional one on which dance is based. In this dance young girls carry earthen pot...
Udiniyano Dance of Gujarat
The young girls form a group and match step for step while moving forward. They support themselves by wrapping there arms around each others necks. As soon as the steps are synchronized the song is begun. The steps are such that the group begins to expand.
The wordings of the songs are:
rai Suryo keva keva vor saije Suryo
rai Suryo master jui ne jai re Suryo
rai Suryo hun hun paren siaje rai Suryo
rai Suryo buryo paren saije re Suryo
The song conveys the type of husband the young girls are looking for and everyone has an individual reply. They are looking for a master, driver, doctor, collector, inspector, patwari and hakim .