Punjabi Dandiya?!

[Arjun Barua]

Cholistan Mela at Alhamra Lahore 2008. Anyone know what this type of dance is? It gets crazyyy at the end!

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

 

[Mukandpuria]

what in the world...the flow and speed of Bhangra(on crack) with Dandiya...ahhh Guju/Punjabi dance

 

[Varun]

that bagpipe and dhol combo is the sickest thing ever. gotta love the ridiculous ingenuity of Marasis!

 

[Nikhil]

That was WICKED.

Dude...that is 100% gujarati and punjabi...awesome!

 

[Tuckerrrr]

i thought it was pakistani/punjabi

 

[Nikhil]

haha yeah it probably is, I was just joking about what i thought it was

 

[Cherag]

that bagpipe and dhol combo is the sickest thing ever. gotta love the ridiculous ingenuity of Marasis!

I found this video too with bagpipes and two dholis, pretty sick too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1BGI4PtVjY

 

[Arjun Barua]

WHOA... that's Brij from VCU and Dave from UVA. Looks like it was from a while back. Vid was added July 13, 2006. Nice find, Cherag.

 

[Chidiya]

that combo rocks!

 

[Ashveer]

I'm thinking this might be some interpretation of raas...nothing here really fits. If it is, its pretty orientalist.

There is a Punjabi dance involving sticks, its called Dandaas, and its danced with sticks that are about a meter long...the dance is done with boliyan and its movements are more bhangra-like than raas like...there was an exhibition at the world international antar-rashtri explosion 2008 competition muqabala in Jalandhar this year...I am far too lazy to upload it but some others might have it...

 

[kinnell]

Story of my life: A Gujju doing Bhangra with a Scottish Name

But seriously, nothing really fits. It doesn't even look like or feel like Raas. I agree with Ashveer in that it may be a bit orientalist.

 

[Kush]

Hahaha ashveer I remember you telling me about this dance Pre-MBC. I was just about to call u out to drop the knowledge here. Buttt question, is it Daandas or Daankara? Looked it up, got Daankara online.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k5jtyU2_KY

 

[COMTONDAJATT]

There are diffrent little know communal folk dances around Punjab. In Patiala there is a type of stick dance called Tipri or something of the sort that is danced around and with a fire. Parents said that the Bahawalpuri immigrants brought it with them after partition and people of Patiala took a liking to it.