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Short decorated wooden sticks used in dandiya raas, the Gujarati stick dance performed during Navratri. They are held one in each hand and struck against another dancer's sticks in rhythm with the music.

They are normally sold as a pair, since each dancer uses two. How many sticks come in the set is on the product listing, which is worth checking if you are buying for a group.

Garba is danced with the hands, in circles, without sticks. Dandiya raas uses the sticks and is danced in pairs within the circle. The two are often performed at the same event on the same night, which is why the names get used together.

Length and weight against who is using them -- a stick sized for an adult is awkward in a child's hand -- and whether the decoration is attached well, since bells and ribbon take a lot of impact over nine nights. Both are on the listing, and the photographs show the finish.

Ordinary care with anything held and swung. Keep enough space between dancers that sticks meet sticks rather than hands, supervise younger children, and check before each use that nothing has worked loose -- bells, caps and ribbon ends come off with repeated striking and are a choking hazard for small children. Any instruction the seller supplies with the product takes precedence over this general advice.

Keep them dry and somewhere they will not be crushed. These are decorated wooden sticks, so damp lifts paint and wrapping, and weight on top bends ribbon and flattens bells. A year in the bottom of a box is what does most of the damage.

Close, but wrapping and painting are done by hand, so colour combinations and the exact placement of decoration vary between pairs. If a particular colour matters, ask the store before ordering.

Metal decor travels better than glass or ceramic, but it still dents and scratches, so it is worth unpacking carefully and checking it over on arrival. Anything that has gone wrong in transit is the store's to put right, and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 applies.

No. It describes what dandiya sticks are and how they are used, and points at the listing for length, weight, materials and what is in the set. The care note above is ordinary common sense rather than a safety rating, and any instruction supplied with the product takes precedence.

Yes. DoorToShop lets you build one order across more than one local store, so this can go in the same basket as whatever else you are getting that day.

Delivery is calculated at checkout, where the exact amount is confirmed. Free delivery applies above the threshold shown there, in the Auckland region only. There is no minimum order value, and you can combine items from other local stores in the same cart.