Comments on: Dancing in the Streets

By: Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:36:31 +0000

Sounds like a deeply cultural festival and an opportunity to have some fun in a fun city. Carmen Electra

By: Deepa

Deepa — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:25:17 +0000

I didn't know bhangra included face painting and mask making.

Well, it does in South India, birthplace of bhangra! (I think I'm going to let my facial hair grow out in commemoration of this.)

By: Chai

Chai — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:35:15 +0000

"Dancing, face painting and mask making workshop.."

What the...??? I didn't know bhangra included face painting and mask making. Ah DC gov. You gots to love 'em.

By: southie-dadi

southie-dadi — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:10:13 +0000

For some reason I’m reminded of Kamal Hasan’s character in “Salangai Oli” who wanted to integrate the various dance forms in India into bharathanatyam and call it “Bhaaratha-natyam”. Ahh, the memories.

By: absolutgcs

absolutgcs — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:26:13 +0000

there should be an “of” before south indian up there… whoops

By: absolutgcs

absolutgcs — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:19:55 +0000

when i was in college, this would have bothered me a lot. i was frustrated with the assumption that north indian practices were “indian” and there wasn’t much awareness of south indian culture. most indian restaurants in america are north indian, bhangra is from the north, etc etc, it just seemed like north indian culture was the “indian face” that american saw. being a southie, this pissed me off because i felt like my sense of indian-ness wasn’t as valid, contrary to what i saw at home.

anyway i’ve grown up a bunch since then, and i’d like there to be space for everything and am all for the inclusiveness of “south asian”-ness with space for celebrating individual cultural differences.

sajit’s ire just reminded me of those feelings. maybe they should have named that first event A Bhangra Dance Party: A childrenÂ’s dance workshop celebrating the ostracization South India

… i kid, i kid