Quote from: Rajbir on December 07, 2009, 03:23:14 AMQuote from: Swi on December 07, 2009, 03:20:33 AMI would expect better from a Virsa guy, first thing you teach a dancer when he gets a pagh on is to never let it unravel and look like a fool. Second is to never let it fall to ground, go offstage and place it somewhere or hand it off then come backthat's what im talking about ... he just lets it sit there on the floor, instead of finding a place to put it. not cool. thats messed up....disrespect
Quote from: Swi on December 07, 2009, 03:20:33 AMI would expect better from a Virsa guy, first thing you teach a dancer when he gets a pagh on is to never let it unravel and look like a fool. Second is to never let it fall to ground, go offstage and place it somewhere or hand it off then come backthat's what im talking about ... he just lets it sit there on the floor, instead of finding a place to put it. not cool.
I would expect better from a Virsa guy, first thing you teach a dancer when he gets a pagh on is to never let it unravel and look like a fool. Second is to never let it fall to ground, go offstage and place it somewhere or hand it off then come back
Quote from: asgill90 on December 07, 2009, 05:34:13 AMQuote from: Rajbir on December 07, 2009, 03:23:14 AMQuote from: Swi on December 07, 2009, 03:20:33 AMI would expect better from a Virsa guy, first thing you teach a dancer when he gets a pagh on is to never let it unravel and look like a fool. Second is to never let it fall to ground, go offstage and place it somewhere or hand it off then come backthat's what im talking about ... he just lets it sit there on the floor, instead of finding a place to put it. not cool. thats messed up....disrespectDisrespectful !! LOL.Faking a smile to extremely loud songs about fighting and sex is enough of mockery of what a pagg in our cultural context signifies, so please don’t talk about upholding the virtues of a shiny piece of cloth. Guess who DIDN’T eat dead chickens battered in gravy when food was being served to us … guess who always rambles about how we SHOULDN’T dance to songs like panga … guess who sacrifices Saturday and Sunday mornings to travel 20 miles by mass transit to serve food at the soup kitchen … guess who leaves the second performances are over to NOT endure the entirely predictable senseless and futile brawls that foray into after parties … guess who went home right after the performance to spend time with family … that’s right, me, the little pink kid who so horribly and rudely threw his pagg off and disrespected it. Before you say OMG THAT’S SO DISRESPECTFUL, you should know who you’re talking about.It’s in the middle of an fn bhangra performance. I think bhangra itself is a contamination of our so called ‘culture’, I really wasn’t planning out in my head hmmmm what should I do with my pagg should I keep jumping around to violent songs or should I step aside and say a prayer and move my turbin that has already been ridiculed every bhangra competition we go to. Wake up idiots, there’s nothing Sikhi about bhangra (I don’t know if you meant disrespect in a religious context, but I’m assuming you did).The pagg is symbolic of things half of you don’t understand, I’m still struggling to figure out how people who spend their weekends going to bhangra competitions and seeing them as a showcase of ‘Punjabi culture’ have the credibility to call the improper removal of a turbin disrespectful. I didn’t mean to throw it off, while dancing it was coming higher and higher and was on the verge of slipping off, I was just going to keep dancing with it on, but during dhamaal, Sunny yelled and told me to get it off, I was doing what my captain instructed me to, cuz we work as a team. While attempting to keep it OFF of the visible stage, it slipped out of my hand, and I had to move on.Faizan, people accidentally stepping on something lying on the stage doesn’t mean they are trampling all over it, it’s not like we’re intentionally stomping on the ideals of a turbin.Before you idiots propagate the idea that a shiny piece of cloth deserves pampering, analyze the situation, and educate yourselves. You all take part in the bhangra community, the things that go on within the bhangra community completely undermine the virtues that you people imagine yourselves holding on to.And thank you Jasmeet paji, it did slip.Also, shout out to Columbia, they were great, thanks for taking care of us n thanks for the gift basket n the cake, you guys were awesome, great show !!
Thanks Swi for clarifying yourself. It was just for fun
and it is understood how the member wz caught off guard but from next time on plz keep in mind blah blah... instead of how the world is bout to end or somethin.
After reading Jabar's response which I thought was appropriate (besides the sentence in punjabi), I thought this matter should be squashed. But along comes "justAguy", all you have to do is apologize or acknowledge your mistake. Instead you chose to write a long essay trying to convince us you're actually a decent guy? You spend time with the family, volunteer at a soup kitchen? Any decent human being does that - that has nothing to do with throwing a pagg on stage.The name of your team is "Virsa" ... um think about that for a minute. I personally know some great members on this team who are committed to spreading punjabi culture and they wouldn't endorse your actions. And I'm sure your captain (Sunny) meant to take off your pagg nicely and place it off stage, any bhangra captain with common sense knows that.I just can't believe we're in 2009 and we still have people treating paggs like that during performances. All this required was a "I'm sorry, won't happen again" since its an unintentional mistake, instead you lecture every one on how we don't know true punjabi culture. Don't assume stuff about us (by calling members on this forum "idiots") and we won't assume anything about you.Kinnell - a pagg has immense importance in Sikhi but even outside of Sikhi, a pagg has great value and has a connection to punjabi culture, however this is a long discussion by itself.
Quote from: G. Sidhu on December 07, 2009, 01:38:20 PM and it is understood how the member wz caught off guard but from next time on plz keep in mind blah blah... instead of how the world is bout to end or somethin.No. The world is about to end. jk jk sidhu, its not 2012 yet You're right, it can happen to the best of us and it's an honest mistake - understood. I was turned off when I saw a 4-5 para long response without a shred of humility and no sign of an apology.
Dropping paggs is SO not traditional guys
It’s in the middle of an fn bhangra performance. I think bhangra itself is a contamination of our so called ‘culture’,I really wasn’t planning out in my head hmmmm what should I do with my pagg should I keep jumping around to violent songs or should I step aside and say a prayer and move my turbin that has already been ridiculed every bhangra competition we go to. Wake up idiots, there’s nothing Sikhi about bhangra (I don’t know if you meant disrespect in a religious context, but I’m assuming you did).Before you idiots propagate the idea that a shiny piece of cloth deserves pampering, analyze the situation, and educate yourselves. You all take part in the bhangra community, the things that go on within the bhangra community completely undermine the virtues that you people imagine yourselves holding on to.
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