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Bhangra

ਭੰਗੜਾ
BHUNG-rah

High-energy Punjabi folk dance, also a globally popular music genre.

Appears as an answer in MG Mini #412.

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Meaning & usage

Bhangra began as a Punjabi harvest dance performed at Baisakhi, the spring festival, and has since become both a wedding-floor staple across the diaspora and a globally remixed music genre. The traditional ensemble is built around the dhol — a large two-headed drum — with shoulder-shrugs, leaps and "hoy! hoy!" calls. The 1980s UK Punjabi scene fused bhangra with hip-hop and electronic music, sending it around the world.

In a sentence

By the second song the whole sangeet was doing bhangra.

Common spelling variants

  • Bangra

Bhangra is the English spelling used in MG Mini #412.

As seen in crosswords

Bhangra is a 7-letter answer. A typical clue:

“High-energy Punjabi folk dance, also a globally popular music genre” (7)

Play the crossword that uses it — MG Mini #412

Category: Arts Origin: Punjabi Script: Punjabi

Related words

  • Bollywood — Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai — the largest in India by output and reach.
  • Holi — Hindu spring festival of colours marking the triumph of good over evil.
  • Mehndi — Temporary body art made by applying a paste of crushed henna leaves to the skin.
  • Tabla — Pair of small hand drums central to Hindustani classical and popular music.
  • Punjab — Region of the northwest subcontinent, divided in 1947 between India and Pakistan.
  • Jatra — A traditional Bengali folk theatre form.

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