Why can't we do this?

[yraparla]

Many many teams don't have an obvious red jori, or they use a different color as their captain/first jori. E.G. panj, vcu, aeg, etc etc

Maybe you should ask yourself why you care so much? It just seems you want to do it and are hearing you can't and are getting worked up over it. Instead of worrying about why or can/cannot maybe think about should/should not.

Lot's of teams do side turla at gigs and they look fine. I've seen a few vids of more traditional teams doing it at comps way back in the day. It's all personal preference and that's the point...don't let anyone tell you you can't. If it'll make you smile on stage then convince your team to do it and go for it.

 

[Yankee Saini]

Lot's of teams do side turla at gigs and they look fine. I've seen a few vids of more traditional teams doing it at comps way back in the day. It's all personal preference and that's the point...don't let anyone tell you you can't. If it'll make you smile on stage then convince your team to do it and go for it.

i wish that was easy!

 

[Yankee Saini]

Maybe you should ask yourself why you care so much? It just seems you want to do it and are hearing you can't and are getting worked up over it. Instead of worrying about why or can/cannot maybe think about should/should not.

hahaha i'm not worried abt anything yaar, it's just people be arguing over what color to wear during comps so thats why i be telling em, it shouldn't matter! but they never understand that. lol : N' personally, i'M not good enough to be the main jorri just yet (still learning n' trying to get better) 8) , so there's nothing abt worrying abt!

 

[GSingh]

Lot's of teams do side turla at gigs and they look fine. I've seen a few vids of more traditional teams doing it at comps way back in the day. It's all personal preference and that's the point...don't let anyone tell you you can't. If it'll make you smile on stage then convince your team to do it and go for it.

i wish that was easy!

LOL tenu pata janta da.

 

[Yankee Saini]

LOL tenu pata janta da.

hahaha meinu apni nahi aeni fikar hundi, jinni doojeyan di hundi aa. aven koi russ naah jaave bas ehi darr rehnda aa. lol main keha saare khush ho ke bhangra paun so isi layi main kujh jaada bolda rehnda aa! but people seem to take it the wrong way! lol :

 

[HarmanToor]

not everything in the punjabi culture has insanely deep meanings, don't stress about such small things! there is no bhangra police to take you away if you wear a side turla at a competition, it just shows that you didn't put as much effort and preparation into the paggans as you could have..

side turla is easier to tie and it doesn't take long to learn how to tie compared to front turla and since its a competition to see who is the best and most skilled, front turla seems more appropriate but both could technically work.. and front turla just looks better when your dancing, side looks better if your instrumentalist and not moving around much

as for the colours, I personally think its just a rank thing.. psychologically it makes sense.. gives all the dancers somthin to look up to.. a goal to strive for, making red jori is like making captain of the team kind of thing, but as for why RED and not any other colour, in most cultures red symbolizes strong emotions and feelings and that kind of meaning would be best paired with dancers with similar attributes, such as tremendous energy, clean dancing and power.

 

[sonehdataweet]

there is no bhangra police to take you away if you wear a side turla at a competition, it just shows that you didn't put as much effort and preparation into the paggans as you could have..

I love this answer coming from someone on NYPD haha

 

[sunnybonez]

I use to think the same about the turla but then i learned how to tie a front turla and its jsut sick respect to the side turla aswell but yeah. And ive noticed a lot of red joris are front joris so sice teams can have magic tricks and all this crazy stuff and crazy outfits then red dont need to be the front jori, some teams dont even have red in there vardiyaan. I guess its just a tradition from live sets carried on im guessing

your totally right abt red jorri situation. if i ask people, why red is always the main color, they would just tell me "thats how it is from the start". but if anyone know why is "RED" the main jorri, please do let me know, i'm all ears!

N' abt the side turle wali pagg. It's jus people don't give much respect to side turle wali paggs...they think it's not good enough! No offense to front turle wali pagg! I'm glad that i have the talent to tie both the front n' side turle wali pagg!

noo its because the red ranger(power rangers reffrence) is always at the front(except in japan i think)
its the favourite colour of young boys ages 5-12 and most people start bhangra at that age right?

 

[p2bpanjabi]

I use to think the same about the turla but then i learned how to tie a front turla and its jsut sick respect to the side turla aswell but yeah. And ive noticed a lot of red joris are front joris so sice teams can have magic tricks and all this crazy stuff and crazy outfits then red dont need to be the front jori, some teams dont even have red in there vardiyaan. I guess its just a tradition from live sets carried on im guessing

your totally right abt red jorri situation. if i ask people, why red is always the main color, they would just tell me "thats how it is from the start". but if anyone know why is "RED" the main jorri, please do let me know, i'm all ears!

N' abt the side turle wali pagg. It's jus people don't give much respect to side turle wali paggs...they think it's not good enough! No offense to front turle wali pagg! I'm glad that i have the talent to tie both the front n' side turle wali pagg!

noo its because the red ranger(power rangers reffrence) is always at the front(except in japan i think)
its the favourite colour of young boys ages 5-12 and most people start bhangra at that age right?

Correct me if I'm wrong on this.. But when I see performances from NJ or even SGPD I don't really see a main jori.. everyone is so damn good and the formations are such that all the dancers keep on rotating throughout the stage [like front and back of the stage]

 

[Sue Sylvester]

It's all about aesthetics. I'm sorry if you were looking for a cultural reasoning for the observation or trying to poke at a community misconception on the "laws of bhangra".


Front turla looks much better than side. And PLENTY of teams have non-red/pink first jodis (ie: Yellow is first for VCU, not Pink). (And honestly, I don't even believe in the concept of a first jodi. It's just silly.) Why don't teams wear longer vests anymore? Why do most teams no longer wear belts? Why don't dancers use rumaals? Because it doesn't look good.

 

[Arjun Barua]

It's all about aesthetics.

Bingo.

 

[Nikhil]

Was his name-0

 

[sgrewal30]

noo its because the red ranger(power rangers reffrence) is always at the front(except in japan i think)
its the favourite colour of young boys ages 5-12 and most people start bhangra at that age right?

^this.

 

[sunnybonez]

Forget the side and front turlas let's start wearing the turla sideways or even better.... ladies and gentlemen the mohawk turla XD

 

[Jabar Jung]

Side turla is not called a side turla, its called a Furrla..

I may be wrong, but thats how the tradition is, thats how they tied their pagga, for other Naachs like malwai gidha, jhummar, dhola, mahiya, jindua, etc they tied furrle and for bhangra they tied turle...

Red is pretty obvious, stands out the most, i've seen yellow first jordis, orange first jordis no tension..take it easy

 

[faizan]

the red jodi for aeg is like the third best jodi, haha...blue and green jodi ftw...


we always ranked it like this


blue
green
red
yellow
orange
purple

 

[Yankee Saini]

Side turla is not called a side turla, its called a Furrla..

never knew that! shukriya, bhaji! ;D

Red is pretty obvious, stands out the most, i've seen yellow first jordis, orange first jordis no tension..take it easy

tension meinu nahi aa yaar, saadi saali team nu aa! they keep arguing over red color! One of the guy from our main jorri doesnt wanna wear the color red and the other guy is just so desperate to wear the color so callled red! :

isi karke, i asked all you fellas! ;D

 

[Kush]

lol wow some crazy stuff is being thrown around.

Fact: The wavelength of red is most catching to the human eye. Hence the Red in police lights, Red on stop signs, Red on stop lights, red cars get more tickets, blah blah.

Applied to bhangra: If you want to look your best, you want people to be looking at people who perform the best, particularly when there is a discrepancy amongst talent. Thus your BEST DANCERS WEAR RED. does it HAVE to be that way? no lol, and a million teams have shown that. I've seen Orange, Yellow, Blue, Pink, almost ANY color as first jorhi.

Myth: Bulls attack red.

Fact: Bulls are COLORBLIND! They attack the action of the cape. They (bull fighter bulls) are pushed into aggression, including being stabbed proded and poked prior to a bullfight. Then someones waving a giant cape at them, naturally they get defensive.

but to answer your QUESTION, it doesnt matter. to anyone. just do what you want.

 

[Yankee Saini]

but to answer your QUESTION, it doesnt matter. to anyone. just do what you want.

to some folks, its their EGO that won't let them understand that fact that 'it should'nt matter' :-X . . . N' having people on your team argue over color red is just bizarre! :-\ anyways, appreciate your reply! i just hope people do understand someday that such things like these shouldn't matter at all in Bhangra! :