Learn how to do bhangra

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00:00Hey guys, welcome to Pure Pangra.

00:16This is Hardeep with you here.

00:17So welcome to a very unique dance form which is these days getting a lot of pop culture

00:22stream and it's all over in Bollywood and Hollywood.

00:25A lot of people in the States and everywhere around are doing Pangra.

00:28So what is Pangra?

00:29Pangra originates from North of India.

00:31Punjab is a very cultural dance form, a very folklore Punjabi dance form which is done

00:35in happy occasions.

00:36Whenever you see a Pangra performance, there will be a smile on your face and there's going

00:39to be a smile on the dancer's face.

00:41I guess you want to learn now some dance steps already since I've been explaining a lot about

00:45what Pangra is.

00:46So let's do it.

00:47Come on.

00:48Welcome to Pangra tutorial and this you can do at your home right now wherever you are

00:51watching this.

00:52So get up and start following me.

00:54So in the first step, it's called single tamal and what we do is we raise our hands up like

00:59this.

01:00You always keep your fingers closed.

01:01You don't keep them open and always smile and you lift your left leg up first.

01:05So you go 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

01:13So whenever you lift your leg up, you bring it back here and there's always a hop with

01:17it and there's a shoulder movement.

01:19So keep that in mind.

01:20So now come on.

01:21Let's do it with me.

01:235, 6, 7, 8.

01:241, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

01:31Let's move on to the second step, which is called Bedi.

01:34In this, leg movements change.

01:37So instead of us tapping it down, we're going to hit it 1, 2.

01:42And our hands are going to be on our chest level.

01:44It's never down because in Pangra, you want to look broad, you want to look big.

01:47So it goes 1, 2.

01:49You always clap and when you clap, you tap your feet down.

01:52So it goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

01:59You ready now?

02:00Let's do it with me.

02:01Come on.

02:025, 6, 7, 8.

02:031, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

02:09Let's move on to the next step, which is called Chaffa.

02:12There are two types of Chaffa.

02:13One is single Chaffa, one is double Chaffa.

02:16So for today, I'll teach you guys what is double Chaffa.

02:18So you extend your hands down and you kick 1, 2.

02:22So when you move your hand forward, you kick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

02:32Do not forget you're always hopping, you're always smiling, there's always a shoulder

02:35movement in Pangra.

02:37So come on, let's try it with me.

02:385, 6, 7, 8.

02:401, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

02:47So let's move on to the next step, which is called Punjab.

02:49I know you're thinking why it's called Punjab.

02:51Honestly, I would say that it was one of the very first steps discovered in Pangra.

02:56So hence it was named like that.

02:58So what we do in this is, our hands are up, we're doing the same leg movement which we

03:03did in Bedi.

03:05But this time we're going to cross and we're going to tap and our hands are going to stay

03:09up.

03:101, 2.

03:11Yeah.

03:12So come on, just see me once.

03:131, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

03:19Yeah, you getting it?

03:21Come on, let's try it with me.

03:225, 6, 7, 8.

03:241, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

03:30Now the last step for today, it's one of my favorite.

03:32It's called Batka.

03:33Are you wondering what's Batka, yeah?

03:36Come on, it's going to be good, don't worry.

03:37So in this, the hands which we used in this step, the hands are going to be same.

03:42And in this, we're going to do a little sit-ups.

03:44So you go down, your back is straight, and you do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

03:52Yeah, are you getting it?

03:54So let's try it with me, yeah, come on.

03:565, 6, 7, 8.

03:581, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

04:03So you've already gone through the tutorial on my counts now, now let's try it on music

04:07and let's have some fun.

04:09Let's get it started, come on.

04:121, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

04:40Good job.

04:431, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

04:54Batka.

04:55Batka.

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