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@stringy -
Your Morris Music Thread started me on a journey of rabbit holes in Indian music today!
ALL BECAUSE OF THIS VIDEO from the 90's BBC sitcom, "Goodness Gracious Me" - with a recurring character, 'Bhangraman'!
Bhangraman Fights the Evil Morris Dancers
I'd been meaning to get back to Indian music for a while, anyway - so this was great! First, I had to find out what 'Bhangra' is!
It was originally a Punjabi folk dance for Spring Harvest - the cultural area spans both sides of the India/Pakistan border. Starting out as a vigorous dance for men - all about the rhythm & beat of the 2-headed drum (dhol). Kept it's roots, but evolved with popular music starting in the 60's & hit the UK in the 70's.
[The dhol] Struck with a heavy beater on one end and with a lighter stick on the other, the dhol imbues the music with a syncopated (accents on the weak beats), swinging rhythmic character that has generally remained the hallmark of bhangra music.
The dance & rhythm seems to work it's way into other music as well!
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