Pugh Tying for Other Teams

[jasraj93]

jaggi from RU!
Vic from sgpd
havish from vcu

these are the few "experts" i know!

Kulvir from Nachde Shokeen!

nachde shokeen paggan are fricken amazing.. and if i get time i shall attempt at this video

 

[jvirk]

oooo i compltelyyy forgot jasraj on the list of experts i know

kid is sickkkkk

 

[PINDER KORDA SINGH]

sukha-virsa

 

[mr jugna]

ok its really not that hard to tie a pagg and there are different ways to do it i know most of the people that end up tying them and each person does it differently jaggi and RU have 1 style of doing it where as i personally do it how i learned in india with my team there, any1 can learn how to tie it on another or even themselves it just takes practice and patience. for those who think o its all the same it's not the way u fold the turla can vary depending on how you want it to look and rather than asking some1 to tie it why not learn as they do it? i tied the texas bhangra team's paggs at boston bhangra when i went to go watch and not only did they count me as a team member but each of them tried to learn rather than wasting time, even the girls learned a bit.

 

[rajkaran]

I see what everyone is saying and I've def. been in the position of tying for other teams too (I've also had to say "no" to some teams too ).

I think one of the main problems is that though there are a few good videos out there, most of them require some sort of background in pagh tying (making pooni properly, the particular thumb folds when tying each larh, the whole process of making proper maava, etc.). I think if one person made a nice, multi-step, easy to follow/see video in ENGLISH starting with making the maava and finishing with tucking in the turla, you'd have more people who'd be willing to learn themselves. This video would have to be very slow, instructional, and zoom in on particular problem areas when tying a pagh...and it would be nice if it would address certain problem solving issues when tying (for example, what to do if the turla is over-starched?). Granted, actual practice does make perfect, but having this sort of video as a resource would make people feel more confident in their abilities of tying. The problem is who out of the community (who can tie paghs well enough) is willing to put in the time to do this? I would if I tied paghs as well as other teams

Any takers? hahaha

Edit: The video should also include REASONS for each step. Why am I making this larh thicker and tighter than the others? Why am I leaving this much material leftover? So on and so forth...That way people are actually learning and not just regurgitating steps. Hmmmm...I'd imagine having this sort of video would also increase the respect for paghs during performance and have people realize it's not just a "hat" that you dance with. Once people know how to tie paghs well, you can almost guarantee that pagh incidents will happen less on stage...or so one can hope?

if someone who is a "master" at tieing paggan could do this for the bhangra community - that would be soooooo helpful i cant even explain how much! I know some ppl will say - "yo there's vids out there go learn"..but if theres a little slower and zoom in type of instructional vid that wud be pretty sickkk

just my opinion though?...

BUMP.