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Bhangra/Gidha Vs Sikhism


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So this whole thread, what does that mean for most modern styles of keertan performed by keertanis? Isn't most of the keertan we hear "bhangra" keertan, as opposed to Raag. And especially one jathaĀ comes to mind, their so-called keertan is really dancy, like people in the sangat are rocking their heads front and back and side-to-side, and the keertanis are trying to be like rockstars?

Is most of keertan not performed in Raag bringing sangat into this mentality anyway, into bhangra/gidha mentality, or dare I say most modern keertan styles came from bhangra/gidha manmatt?

Isn't a big fix to bhangra/gidha actually performing raag keertan?Ā 

At the moment, both harmonium keertan and modern bhangra/punjabi music tunes are sub-par compared to the standard set by Guru jis playing Raag keertan using the instruments Guru jis provided to us, instruments which the panth seems to have just thrown to the side...

Since there is so much manmatt towards sikh keertan, this topic should not be surprising at all....

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I think they are telling an ancient story through dance. In a sense itā€™s no different than pracharaks, movie, songs, plays. Everybody does it their own way and itā€™s perfectly legit in Hinduism. Perhaps Sanskrit?Ā 

Very popular with the south crowd. I can hear some words like ā€œ Jayaā€ or ā€œJaiā€Ā 

On a side note at full speed these steps, body language, poses are probably the hardest to master. Once you master this form everything else is easy.

These dance forms are ancient probably from the beginning of recorded history.Ā 

The Mahabharata says the followingĀ 6094D64E-0038-4CE3-BA41-7B73C50AF118.thumb.jpeg.34bcebb982df510eac6417497f1ffe55.jpeg

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