Word: ghungroo
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...serene. They laugh at the mention of Bollywood and sigh over Aamir Khan, hunky star of such blockbusters as the Oscar-nominated “Lagaan.” The two, who met through dance and mutual involvement with the South Asian Association (SAA), are the dance directors of Ghungroo, an annual celebration of the many art forms of the Subcontinent. They have been practicing different forms of Indian dance since childhood. Rohini: “I’ve been doing dance since I was five. When I came here, I wanted to continue to dance. Ghungroo...
...sticky rice dessert. And there are many others like me. So many of these organizations encompass people that are not just descendants of a particular ethnicity, but that simply have an interest in that ethnicity and its concomitant culture. The South Asian Association’s main cultural production, Ghungroo, swells every year in participation, particularly from non-South Asian individuals. Last year its cast was more than 20 percent “not-brown,” and its audience was even more diverse. Self-segregation is not the intention behind cultural celebration; rather, it is the antithesis. Cultural...
...sheer diversity of the acts on Saturday afternoon embodied what Ghungroo is all about, and this diversity also shed some light on the traditions and current trends of the culture that tied the festival together. Ranging from dance and music to poetry and comedy, the acts spanned a broad spectrum of cultures and movements from the Indian subcontinent and diaspora, and made a lovely juxtaposition of the ancient and the modern. The skits that ran in between acts, while partly existing to allow time to set up equipment behind the curtain, served an important purpose in themselves by using humor...
...beautiful contrast and diversity that would characterize all of Ghungroo, and, through it, modern South-Asian culture and society, was established immediately, as the act following this ancient dance form was the much more modern “Chutney-Soca Dance.” The beat of the song, as well as the contemporary wardrobe of the dancers, clearly separated it from the previous act, and the obvious African influence established it as a fusion of cultures, and thus as an excellent representation of the theme of the festival...
...Overall, Ghungroo accomplished exactly what it set out to do: by contrasting the modern with the ancient, while revealing the common ground that binds them together, it effectively revealed the complexity that dominates the culture and psyche of the modern South Asia. The juxtaposition of styles and influences made clear how important a period this is for the Subcontinent, as young generations with new styles and ways of thinking grow up in a world of ancient traditions and heritage. Approached with humor and solemnity, music and dance, the beautiful complexity was revealed in full, and the largely Caucasian audience couldn?...