This Baisakhi, people fable Pammi Bai has an ambitious plan. On the lines of Indian Premiere League, Pro Kabaddi League and Hockey India League, helium is announcing World Bhangra League. Introducing bhangra arsenic a sport, the purpose is to person the aforesaid format — making teams, auction of artistes and a satellite championship.
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“The thought is to beforehand not conscionable bhangra but to support the younker distant from drugs, gain wealth and assistance marque Punjab prosperous again,” shared Pammi Bai, Punjabi people vocalist and dancer. If backmost successful clip Baisakhi meant donning caller clothes, starting the time astatine the gurdwara and going to fairs, indulging successful pakodas and jalebis, successful the past 25 years oregon so, his performances person been the mainstay of the celebrations.
This Baisakhi is important arsenic it takes Pammi Bai to Suna —the birthplace of Udham Sing, and besides the spot wherever Bhangra got a signifier makeover station Partition. “We volition commencement the time by paying tributes to the affluent onshore and the legends of Bhangra—Manohar Deepak, Bhana Ram Sunami (dholi) and Mangal Singh Sunami (algoja vadak). We volition past denote the League.” Post Partition, it was successful Sunam that Bhangra was performed connected signifier for the archetypal time. Pammi Bai informs, “Manohar Deepak, and instrumentalists Bhana Ram Sunami and Mangal Singh Sunami, not conscionable performed astatine the archetypal Republic Day parade but besides accompanied the archetypal Prime Minister of the India, Jawaharlal Nehru, arsenic portion of a taste speech programme to China.”
Pammi Bai fondly remembers the celebrations of the yore, breaking into, Toori tand sambh haadi vech wat ke/ Lambran te shahaan da hisaab katt ke/ Maarda damaame jatt mele aa gaya… For agelong Baisakhi meant farmers having harvested and sold the crops, and brought wealth backmost location for caller apparel and celebrations astatine colony fairs. He recalls however backmost successful time, his colony Jakhepal, adjacent Sunam, had nary halwai store and colony fairs were the lone mode to bask sweets.
This Baisakhi too, helium volition guarantee helium visits the gurdwara, motorboat the Bhangra League and savour sweets with chap artistes! The singer, who did a Baisakhi album, Mela Baishakhi Da, earlier, volition besides motorboat a azygous titled Balle Balle DJ Mix. Pammi Bai hopes the younker values our affluent culture; connected his part, helium is putting successful honorable efforts for adjacent to 40 years!
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