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farmers invented it to celebrate harvest; clubs stole it to celebrate everything else.
means A lively, percussive style of folk music and dance from the Punjab region, now also a popular fusion genre blending those rhythms with pop and electronic beats.
from From Punjabi 'bhangṛā', the name of the harvest dance traditionally tied to Baisakhi celebrations. The word is often linked to 'bhang' (hemp/cannabis), which grew in the same fields — though whether the dance is named for the crop or just shares its agricultural world is uncertain. The driving beat comes from the dhol drum; the global club version is largely a late-20th-century diaspora invention, born where Punjabi roots met British dancefloors.
- origin
- Punjab harvest dance for the spring festival Baisakhi
- the drum
- the dhol's barrel beat drives every move
- global takeover
- fused with hip-hop and house in 1990s Britain
- shoulder game
- signature moves live in raised arms and bouncing shoulders
- cardio cred
- now taught as a high-energy fitness workout worldwide
bhangra at wimbledon 2022 — performed during opening ceremony of wimbledon tennis championships in july 2022