Beyond Fashion: Tanishaa S. Mukerji Celebrates Bengali Traditions Through Dhunuchi Dance
Beyond Fashion: Tanishaa S. Mukerji Celebrates Bengali Traditions Through Dhunuchi Dance
For Tanishaa S. Mukerji, Durga Puja is as much about embracing Bengali traditions as it is about celebrating the beauty of ethnic fashion. Beyond her exquisite handwoven sarees and traditional Bengali drapes, she also immersed herself in one of the festival’s most cherished cultural rituals — the Dhunuchi dance.
An integral part of Bengali Durga Puja celebrations, Dhunuchi dance is a devotional ritual performed as an offering to Maa Durga, expressing love, reverence and surrender to the goddess. Accompanied by the powerful, rhythmic beats of the traditional Bengali dhak, devotees dance while holding dhunuchis, traditional incense burners filled with burning coconut husk and fragrant incense. As t...