Yollay - Raas Royalty 2020

Dirty South Dandiya
Dance
Our mission is to entertain audiences all around the US by performing traditional Indian Garba/Raas style of dance at a highly competitive level. We are dedicated to preserving the Indian culture through showcasing our unique and vibrant dance form. We hope to encourage diversity and spread awareness of our traditions by performing both on and off campus.

CMU Raasta
Dance
CMU Raasta strives to preserve Indian culture and promote diversity not only within the Carnegie Mellon campus but also throughout the Greater Pittsburgh community. CMU Raasta also competes in intercollegiate competitions held nationally throughout the course of the academic year. Through competitions, we bring recognition and prestige to Carnegie Mellon by projecting a respectable image of our university alongside some of the nation's premiere universities.

SLU Raas
Dance
The Saint Louis University Raas team was formed in 2007 by a group of ambitious students to preserve and promote Gujarati culture. Throughout the years, the commitment and dedication of the team members has allowed SLU Raas to excel from a small unknown team, to a popular and well known team across the nation. SLU Raas has a compiled a very successful track record in the past few years with numerous first places finishes, resulting in multiple invitations to the Best of the Best competition and the Raas All-Stars Championship--where the team took second place in 2010. Although we love having fun and thoroughly enjoy every aspect of the experience, we work extremely hard to create an energetic and exciting routine for our audiences around the country. We look forward to attending as many competitions as possible and meeting some amazing people from different teams throughout the country.

UCSD Raas Ruckus
Dance
Founded in 2002, Raas Ruckus is UCSD's premier Garba/Raas Team. Competing in various cities such as Irvine, Boston, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Atlanta, we have been representing UCSD at national inter-collegiate level competitions. Our team members come from all over the country and we come together to keep the traditional dance styles of Garba and Raas alive with a little west coast swag!

VT Dhammal
Dance
Virginia Tech's premiere Garba/Raas team, Dhamaal is a co-ed competitive dance team that strives to bring attention and pay homage to the garba/raas folk dance of our ancestors. Founded in 2004, Dhamaal at VT works to promote the rich culture and vibrant traditions of Indian dance. Our team showcases their energy and love for garba/raas though on-campus events, various performances and competitions. We would love to share our energy, dance, and passion with you!

OSU Nazaraas - Ohio State Raas
Dance
Founded in 2009 by some of our very own Buckeyes, Ohio State Raas has been representing Ohio for the past 4 years. Performing both on campus and at national-level competitions, we are dedicated and passionate to spread the culture of raas to our various audiences.

Roarin Raas
Dance
University of Houston's very own Garba/Raas Team, Roarin' Raas, was established in August 2011 by a remarkable group of passionate college students who wanted to share their Indian culture with others. With our pride in Indian heritage, we formed a Garba/Raas team that has traditional and modern aspects. 2011-2012 marks our year.

Illini Raas
Dance
Illini Raas is an Indian Cultural dance team that started in 2001. Since then we have had much success, placing first in the Raas Category and and Overall Category at the Best of the Best Dance Competition in 2006. For the past two years, Illini Raas placed first at Dandia Dhamaka and went to B.O.B and Raas Nationals! This year, we hope to continue our success and wow audiences and fans nationwide as we start competition season.

Raas Royalty 2020