World Bhangra Competition - Question

[ENVY BANG-RUH]

awwwwwwwwwwwww finally someone is putting my dream of a 'Bhangra World Cup' to work. Git'R'Dun fellas

 

[Temurzai]

Esteghlal e Iran. bitches 8) hahhah

*joher*monti*charan*lali*me. lets do this. haha

 

[kinnell]

those are pretty presumptuous statements to be making in my opinion. there have already been discussions as to why there is such a lack of traditional/proper bhangra in the UK. i'm not saying it couldnt spark something up at all, but given the very modernized bhangra/music culture in the UK, i dont find it very likely that having this competition invite 3 bhangra teams from the UK would ignite some sort of bhangra revolution there. nevertheless, i think 3 teams should be sought out from the uk for representation purposes.

I don't think they are. Having a good friend on King's College Bhangra and having talked to him extensively about the top has shed light on why the vast majority of the teams are modern and often times very messy. It's the lack of competitions and lack of traditionality in the judging rubric. If you have something epic like this, I really believe teams will step up, learn about traditional bhangra and put on a good show. And the best part is that, if they don't, they will still get exposure to the traditional world and hopefully begin to incorporate elements into their routine. It's not going to happen overnight, but a competition like this could definitely be the beginning of a change in the UK Bhangra Circuit.

 

[Kamal_Dhaliwal]

Lali, actually my mama ji from Cali, Amarjit Dulai, and a couple of other seniors in the Bhangra scene were thinking about doing something along those lines. He was talking about Bhangra Olypmics, where like it would be a 3 day event - kind of like your setup but there would be like semi-finals, then finals...and one team would be the best bhangra team in the world. If you want, you can talk to them about it and join their goal. This would be crazyy tho!

 

[Raman Dholi]

there is plenty of talent in the uk....and i mean a lot
i have friends there who dream of coming to canada/u.s. and participate in competitions and dance with our teams
just because the scene isn't big there doesn't mean there isn't talent...im sure something could be sorted out for a competition of this stature

 

[smehta]

wouldn't india rape the competition easily? if it is a dhol competition... india teams would easily use people like pappi gill and chuch mahi?

 

[Tuckerrrr]

or u could do by region...

the americas
europe/africa
asia & pacific (australia, singapore, malaysia, etc)
india

and here in uk there r people who do proper bhangra...jus not at the university level yet...

 

[Sukhdip S. Chhina]

This will sick if it happens. I would love to go live to compete at a comp. in India!

 

[sangeensingh]

You also have to consider that there are some great Bhangra teams from Pakistan as well.

 

[Tuckerrrr]

or u could do by region...

the americas
europe/africa
asia & pacific (australia, singapore, malaysia, etc)
india

and here in uk there r people who do proper bhangra...jus not at the university level yet...

 

[PunjabiSniper]

to all da ppl hating on UK bhangra ... you are right to a certain extent... but you have only seen the 1 dodgy university comp and somehow all your conclusions on UK bhangra stem from that. There are other teams like Waris Punjab De and Gabru Punjab De who have purely live sets... and there pretty sick!!! and although canadian teams are sickkk... wen it comes to live ... u wud get blown away by college teams in Punjab .. lets b honest!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GryFec9sbO0&feature=related

 

[zagreus]

wouldn't india rape the competition easily? if it is a dhol competition... india teams would easily use people like pappi gill and chuch mahi?

didn't rooh (from canada) win in india or something like that a while back?

 

[b.i.t.s]

Isnt VIBC already doing a World Championship this year ???

 

[Sher]

wouldn't india rape the competition easily? if it is a dhol competition... india teams would easily use people like pappi gill and chuch mahi?

didn't rooh (from canada) win in india or something like that a while back?

India teams didnt compete there

 

[avtarchana]

OK..

If Mr.Kumar from AIREX, London, and I try for the 'World Bhangra Competition' here, at Chandigarh..What is your response, please !!

Avtar Chana,
Chandigarh.

 

[Saab]

This would probably be relegated to a competition between NA vs INDIA to start. I think instead of competiting like this, people should sponsor Live teams to fly to India and compete there (like Rooh) and compete on a more regular basis so that interest in this competition will arise further.

 

[justAguy]

You also have to consider that there are some great Bhangra teams from Pakistan as well.

Really? Which ones, sounds interesting I'd like to see !

 

[BigJim]

actually you guys there are dancers who have danced on top colleges in punjab who currently reside in the uk including people from dav jalandhar...i know for a fact theres a team called gabroo punjab de from uk who can dance live because they guys from punjab...sooo i wouldnt count the uk out

 

[Manjot]

rly dont see it happening to be honest lol will take A LOT of money and proper organization
but u never no

pappi gill sings for like every team at a comp in india lol...so i guess he can do the same lol
Gurpreet (Gopi) ftw tho

maybe do like 1 comp in Canada West and 1 comp in Canada East and top 2 team from each comp go to the actual "world cup comp"..do the same for US

 

[Sukhdip S. Chhina]

rly dont see it happening to be honest lol will take A LOT of money and proper organization
but u never no

pappi gill sings for like every team at a comp in india lol...so i guess he can do the same lol
Gurpreet (Gopi) ftw tho

maybe do like 1 comp in Canada West and 1 comp in Canada East and top 2 team from each comp go to the actual "world cup comp"..do the same for US

That would be a sick idea have like regional comps. in the US and Canada