: popular dance music originating chiefly in the Punjabi community in Britain and marked by features of traditional Punjabi music and of disco
Bhangra meshes traditional-style Punjabi songs and drumming with electronic rhythms, bringing a modernized taste of the old country to dancers with Indian and Pakistani roots.—
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Red Baraat is a band from Brooklyn, N.Y., that merges north India bhangra music with elements of hip-hop, jazz and punk.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
As the energetic bhangra song played, the children let loose: freestyling, jumping, wriggling, kicking their feet up in the air, all the way through to the end.
—Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
In addition to having a professional bhangra troupe come from Canada to dance, Ray and his friends did a choreographed bhangra dance for me.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2022
If people can dance from the heart, Leslie said, bhangra can be accessible to everyone.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
Team captain Kunal Kamtekar with the Utah Punjabi Arts Academy practices a bhangra, a folk dance from northern India, on Saturday, Nov. 12. 2022, at South Valley Creative Dance Studio.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
As in the movie, some of the story will be told in flashy, full-cast bhangra song-and-dance numbers.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
Instead of writing songs for stand-alone bhangra dance extravaganzas in films, the musical’s score is being woven through the script to help explain the characters’ emotional journeys.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
Before the ceremony were performances by two Indian folk dance groups, which were set to Irish music as well as bhangra.
—New York Times, 15 July 2022
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
As the energetic bhangra song played, the children let loose: freestyling, jumping, wriggling, kicking their feet up in the air, all the way through to the end.
—Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
In addition to having a professional bhangra troupe come from Canada to dance, Ray and his friends did a choreographed bhangra dance for me.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2022
If people can dance from the heart, Leslie said, bhangra can be accessible to everyone.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
Team captain Kunal Kamtekar with the Utah Punjabi Arts Academy practices a bhangra, a folk dance from northern India, on Saturday, Nov. 12. 2022, at South Valley Creative Dance Studio.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
As in the movie, some of the story will be told in flashy, full-cast bhangra song-and-dance numbers.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
Instead of writing songs for stand-alone bhangra dance extravaganzas in films, the musical’s score is being woven through the script to help explain the characters’ emotional journeys.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
Before the ceremony were performances by two Indian folk dance groups, which were set to Irish music as well as bhangra.
—New York Times, 15 July 2022
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“Bhangra.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bhangra. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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