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Bhangra Indian Folk Dance

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Bhaṅgṛā is a type of traditional dance of the Indian subcontinent, originating in the Majha area of Punjab. The dance was associated primarily with the spring harvest festival Baisakhi, and it is from one of the major products of the harvest—bhang —that bhangra drew its name. dance and music that originate in the Punjab region of India. The dance is generally performed during the  Vaisakhi  festival that celebrates the harvest. Bhangra has a very energetic and lively tone and the dance is equally vivacious. The festival is celebrated with much pomp and fervor and the dresses worn by the male and female dancers are quite different from each other although both are a reflection of the joyous celebrations. History The Bhangra is said to have started by Punjabi farmers in the 14 th  or 15 th  century to celebrate the harvest season. As time progressed, the Bhangra became used in almost all major celebrations in Punjab such as weddings or festivals. The Bhangra is danced to the rhy
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Bollywood Dance style

The  purpose of Bollywood dance  is to tell a story or send out a message.  Bollywood dancing  is mostly in  Bollywood  movies because the  dance  adapts to the story line. For example if a girl falls in love with a boy, the  dance  will be about a girl chasing around a boy, while she is  dancing A stylized movement of the body. From narration to pure rhythm. An Indian art. Gesture is subtly sharp. Expression. Sacred bodily geometry. A few other characteristics. Bollywood dance  is easy on the eye. ... Classical  dance  forms such as Bharatnatyam and Kathak , and folk  dances  such as Bhangra, each have their own unique styles, but they often share signs and meanings that are combined to create modern  Bollywood dances .
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Bollywood Dance

Bollywood dance  is the  dance -form used in the Indian films. It is a mixture of numerous styles. These styles include belly- dancing , kathak, Indian folk, Western popular, and "modern", jazz, and even Western erotic  dancing . The term Bollywood was created by combining two names, Bombay (the city now called Mumbai) and Hollywood. Bollywood based in Mumbai (Bombay), is India’s – and the world’s - largest film industry in terms of the number of films produced, and also the number of tickets sold each year. In fact, Bollywood has become so internationally ubiquitous that it now has it’s own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary! It is not unusual to see Western pop and pure classical dance numbers side by side in a Bollywood film. The international appeal of Bollywood dancing is something that has been in the making for many decades. Originally it was found only in places that had a significant consumption of Indian films. But today it is rising in popularity in the
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