Word: bhangra
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...Puppy; Bubba’s frantic “Ugly” glides into a head-nodding Akrobatik beat that gets swallowed whole by the industrial grind of /rupture’s Nettle alias; Mutamassik’s shuffling Sa’aidi breakbeats give way to hyperkinetic bhangra...
...little over a week ago was the 17th annual Cultural Rhythms festival hosted by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, and once again it was an incredible show. From the aerial acrobatics of the first group, Bhangra, to the class-pride of the last group, the ’05 Steppers, the performances were all of high quality. As this year’s host, Blair Underwood, said, “This is simply stunning. I’ve seen some people in Hollywood who you look at and say, ‘How did they get into...
...Across the country Hindus host huge community feasts that feature singing and dancing. Crowds flock to temples and to holy rivers like the Ganges for ritual dips. The day is also the anniversary of the founding of the Sikh brotherhood and a time to celebrate the harvest with wild Bhangra dancing. To an ever-changing beat, the strenuous dance portrays life in the fields, moving from plowing to sowing to weeding to reaping. Catch the festivities in any Punjabi village...
...hand, my peers have always encouraged me to push myself and try new things at Harvard, to work and grow in new ways. Without that encouragement, I would never have learned to dance bhangra or teach Peace Games or spent inordinate amounts of time on my sophomore essay for history and literature...
...version of "Bhangra," a folk dance originally from the state of Punjab in Northern India, the choreographers and dancers integrated traditional and modern moves...