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There is more to Punjab than just Bhangra
Updated On: 12 July, 2020 07:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Phorum Dalal
A documentary filmmaker travels through the innards of Punjab, including her ancestral village, to trap on film folk dance traditions that are slipping away to time
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Rajveer Kaur says Punjab is rich in poetry, dance and literature, and is home to almost 42 folk dances alone
In India, now, it's tough to host a party and not play a Bhangra remix. It can spur the sassiest of guests into getting on their feet, lifting and dropping their shoulders, arms outstretched.
Bhangra equals Punjab for most, but the northern state holds within its cultural couldron over 42 folk dance forms. Bhangra, old timers will tell you, is in fact, the youngest.
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