significance of a move

[Billy Bob]

It's definately called Matha Tek, and its only done before jhummar because it fits in to the style of that portion of the routine. That's it.

When someone earlier stated that it had to do with asking forgiveness, this could be true, depending on the way you interpret it. In this sense its the same as doing "tauba", and has the movement of touching your ears, which is done when someone says tauba. Either way its a way to show respect that's looks cool and fits well into a routine; interpret it how you want.

 

[Meistro]

why in the world would it mean "asking for forgiveness if a mistake has been made?" that makes no sense at all to me.....like i understand the whole respect thing, but asking for forgiveness----thats just lameeee. Like, the way its worded just sounds lame. WHy would you ask for forgiveness during a performance. First, if your going to perform you better not be doing anything that makes you have to ask for forgiveness or you better just walk yourself off the stage and never appear in front of any1s faces again. And then, if you are really asking for forgiveness when a mistake is made why in the world would you have a stupid cheesy smile and your mind focused on bhangra.....I doubt even Indian teams are thinking, ok here's my time to do this move I'm sorry if I did anything wrong or am going to so let me ask for forgiveness at a set time, when I am really just thinking about bhangra. This statement makes no sense at all.

parul, performances are meant to entertain the crowd. You want to perform and execute to the best of your ability right? You are entering the stage as a humble performer. You are making it sound like something totaly bogus by your comment "if your going to perform you better not be doing anything that makes you have to ask for forgiveness or you better just walk yourself off the stage and never appear in front of any1s faces again". What he meant by making a mistake is if something goes wrong during the routine. What if you forget a move? fell off a stunt? costume malfunction? He meant you're asking for forgiveness BEFORE a mistake occurs, if it even does. I remember in my first performance live on dhol and boliyan, we all got confused because the singer was off on the boli and half of the dancers forgot the moves and at one point we were looking at each other doing different moves. It was a HUGE disaster. Thats why we "ask for forgiveness", but its not in the serious tone that you're making it out to be. The statement actually makes a lot of sense if you find sprituality in the dance. Also, many things in bhangra are highly personified which is why we show so much respect. They are not just random objects.

 

[pluthra]

gots it not as serious as i made soooo any other moves got anythin sweet behind them?