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Girls Teams-General Opinon

JP

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Hey everyone, well in the past I've heard a good amount of controversy over if girls should or should not do traditional bhangra and etc. What are your opinions on a girls team going fully live? Just wanted to have an open discussion because I had always wondered the public opinion on this matter..thanks

(accidentally posted in the Mixes and Video Links section, sry my bad!)
 

pluthra

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I dont think I know of any girls team that is ready to go fully live as of yet. A lot of teams are developing and going live isn't easy. Like if I wanted my team to go live I'd want to make sure everyone can understand what beats are first. And at times its hard to explain that your dancing to this beat of this instrument rather than to this or the lyrics. Like sure, we think it'd be easy to go live. You have a phumaniyan beat ok go, you got your dhamaal beat go...But its so much more than just understanding the beats, like you also have to understand the style of live teams when they perform. And this came up in the discussion of when SGPD went live- are they dancing as a live team or is it their style? I think if you took a girls team and placed them on live they'd want to execute still as if they are on music. Unless you have a group of girls who are so used to that mindset of this is how a live team works than yaaa I'm sure it could be done, and I think that girls could soo pull it off because there as determined as the guys in the bhangra circuit to show what they have.

Oh and another issue, the singer. A lot of people are really picky about female singers versus male singers. To adjust to a male's voice is easy because he can never really sing in that soprano range (well punjabi singers rarely do). Yet, if a female's voice is too low or too high it can easily throw off the audience and not be liked. For example, if Miss pooja sings in an extremely high pitch voice that song is completely of the list for people, yet if she mellows it out a bit and still has that same tone shes still good.
 

Saleem

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Moved, enjoy!

PS my opinion - Girls team going live is no different than any other team: I encourage it if they have the resources to do it and the understanding to do it right. And maybe a leprechaun kick.
 

Jabar Jung

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Live? as in like men live? or Gidha live?

Personally i don't like girls doing bhangra who dance like men, its blehaasbid, which is like the majority of the teams. I think there should be so much grace in girl's bhangra. They should focus on more grace than crazy baithka and stunts. for example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrqo9qJrVh0

Yea the song is slow, but the grace is there.

just what i think.
 

ENVY BANG-RUH

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Saleem said:
PS my opinion - Girls team going live is no different than any other team: I encourage it if they have the resources to do it and the understanding to do it right. And maybe a leprechaun kick.
haha, thought that was funny.

I think it would be cool for girls to go live, and i definitly agree with saleem, if they have the resources, go for it.

If the argument becomes, girls cant do live bhangra cuz its not for them, im saying this now, thas a pile of crap, yes it can be said that live is done to uphold the old bhangra tradition, but where in the 21st century, anything goes.
 

Jabar Jung

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ENVY BANG-RUH said:
yes it can be said that live is done to uphold the old bhangra tradition, but where in the 21st century, anything goes.
Then it won't be traditional bhangra, it would be modern lol hahah back to the modern vs traditional topic
 

ENVY BANG-RUH

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Jabar Jung said:
ENVY BANG-RUH said:
yes it can be said that live is done to uphold the old bhangra tradition, but where in the 21st century, anything goes.
Then it won't be traditional bhangra, it would be modern lol hahah back to the modern vs traditional topic
i dont mean it as traditional or modern, jus that women should be able to do the same things dudes can style wise.
 

JP

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Parul said:
I think if you took a girls team and placed them on live they'd want to execute still as if they are on music. Unless you have a group of girls who are so used to that mindset of this is how a live team works than yaaa I'm sure it could be done, and I think that girls could soo pull it off because there as determined as the guys in the bhangra circuit to show what they have.
I definitely agree, I think if the girls were determined and worked to get that traditional style/mind set that it could be done well. But I know a lot of people feel like girls doing bhangra isn't "traditional"..what do you guys think about that? Personally I disagree, but I kinda wanna kno the other sides opinion to it..
 

AmyDee

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I recently was at a bhangra function with a team that is all male and CONSTANTLY if not always goes live..We stopped the co-ed practice about 500 times because uncle wanted to make the following clear

1-"The moves are not to hard for you are they? We can simplify them"

2-"Bhangra is not traditional anymore..to me it looks like a big circus..sorry"

3-"you guys are so lucky you have this platform..in india i was a water boy for the A team for 3 years because i could not do chaal properly"

4-"Girls dont do bhangra in india.They shouldn't.You should do girlie ghidda moves.You cant do those masculine moves." i had to pretend i didnt know ghidda so wed be able to do the moves the guys did.

The guy said alot of ignorant and indirect comments and made us all feel disrespected and angry but we said nothing because we were on his turf and i could tell he was just really hurt by the fact that bhangra doesnt contain the same traditionality now a days.He complained about how hard they work and how long practices run for..but he didnt for once ask or think that our practices dont run for only an hour and as girls we get in alot of shit for being home so late almost 4 times a week.As for going all Live as a girls team i bet any girls team could pull it off with the right amount of practice and guidance.We do half live because we love the naturalness of it! We are blessed with an amazing singer and dholi so why not!
 

mafzal

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Girls should just have their own style of bhangra. It will always look different than guys' (and it should) but it can still be folk. Like, all our girls use shykke/khundey/and kato. But i.e. certain jhummar moves I wouldn't put in a girls' set, but girls can add their own grace and beauty.

In the case of going live, I feel is the same whether you're girls, guys, or co-ed... Only do it when you're fully ready.
 

- Raja -

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i think it be mad hot if a girls team went all live. especailly if that girl from Jawani Bhangra sings !!
 

Kaur

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I think just like a guys team, girls have to be ready. Girls or guys, if you cant execute live bhangra to the max then there is no point of half assing it. In my opinion, girls should do live just like any other team as long as it is executed properly. You shouldnt be able to look at a girls team doing live and have the thought of ' oh guys do it better' and until a girls team has surpassed that, live should not be attempted.

PANJ girls, only do khunde live, be it actual live or pre-recorded b/c thats what we are ready for, hopefully one day we can come out with a full live set and execute it to the max.

If your shoulders arent moving in jhummer, you arent looking at your khunda during your chaal etc etc etc, you arent redy for live, dont matter if you're a boys,co-ed or guys team :)
 
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