Punjabi Dance BHANGRA

Bhangra is a special type of dance style performed by Punjabis on any festival, occasion like to celebrate the harvesting or any time when the Punjabi is in happy mood. Though the existence of may precede historical record, it can be traced as far as 500 years, originating in the fertile region of Punjab. A participatory community dance called bhangra is attested since the 1980's in northern areas of Punjab region. Bhangra was a seasonal dance practised ia a month leading to the month of Vaisakhi  

 

Musical Instruments

 

 

Bhangra dance is based on the music from a barrel size drum called DHOL accompanied with single string instrument called the TUMBI , folk singing and Chimta. The accompaning songs are small couplets written in Punjabi language called bolis. Bangra singers employ a high, energetic tone of voice. Singing with great pride, the typically add nonsensical, random noises to their singings.



Dresses
Traditionally men wear chaadra while doing bangra. A chadra is a type of piece of cloth that wrapped around the waist. Men also wear kurta which is a long shirt. In addition men wear pagri (turban) to cover their heads.
In modern times, men also wear turla, fan attached to pagri. Colorful vests are also worn above the kurta. Phummans are also worn on each arm.
Women wear traditional dress called salwar kamiz. Women also wear chunnis colorful pieces of cloth wrapped around the neck.

Besides above, bhangra dress has different parts which are listed below:
Pag
Kurta 
Lumbi
Rumal

Bhangra music is well known in UK as that's where a large population of Punjabi's migrated. Over the last 10 to 15 years, it has gained more recognisation in North America and as up and DJ's and producers have started playing this sound to a wider audience. Now Bhangra has become a synergistic blend of it's traditional origins and contemporary musical styles ranging from Reggae, Hip Hop, to Drum N Bass. Bhangra continues to reach the masses, emerging as a popular global sound