Look at what you guys did to Bhangra

[Saab]

http://bhangrateamsforum.com/discuss/index.php?topic=2403.0

All the way at the bottom from comtom

 

[COMTONDAJATT]

I recently read someone arguing that the whole tradition of Bhangra representing farmers steps, etc. is in fact a myth. I'll see if I can find the source. His argument was that Bhangra, as we now know it, is an amalgamation of many dances (which we already knew), and it was really formed in 'refugee' camps after Separation with many different peoples passing time and teaching each other their individual regional steps. So some steps may represent farming, but for the most part Bhangra is just a hash of dances from the different areas.

I know we've discussed history of Bhangra before, but a search didnt' bring up the thread I was thinking about.

Here is a nice resource:

http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~hcritz/dholpages/dholhome.html

Gibb's did some really good research on this topic and translated some chapters from a book too. Also Govind from Yale who posted on POL and posts here went to Punjab and learned a lot of awesome stuff and interviewed lots of people about the subject.

http://www.surreyindiaartsclub.com/Punjabi%20Folk%20Dances%20-%20Analysis%20&%20Classification.pdf

Tejinder from SIAC has a nice little PDF and a map which shows what regions did what folk dances and what not. Nice little read.