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Bhangra (Dance)

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Photograph of a bhangra performance at an event to honour Olympians at Sangam Palace in Surrey, B.C. The Olympians are being honoured in the memory of S. Amar S. Nijjar, a freedom fighter.

Bhangra is a folk dance and music form that originated from Punjab, India. It originated as a folk dance celebrated during the time of the harvest. It is traditionally danced to the dhol instrument, a large drum, accompanied by boliyan, short sets of lyrics that describe scenes or stories from Punjab.
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Photograph of a bhangra performance at the 300th birthday celebration for Khalsa Tricentennial Foundation of Canada.
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Photograph of a bhangra dancer at an event with Harkishan Singh Surjeet, the leader of the Communist Party of India, as a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.

The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
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Photograph of a bhangra performance at an event with Harkishan Singh Surjeet, the leader of the Communist Party of India, as a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.

The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
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Photograph of a bhangra performance at an event with Harkishan Singh Surjeet, the leader of the Communist Party of India, as a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.

The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
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Photograph of a bhangra performance at an event with Harkishan Singh Surjeet, the leader of the Communist Party of India, as a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.

The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
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Photograph of a bhangra performance at an event with Harkishan Singh Surjeet, the leader of the Communist Party of India, as a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.

The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
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Photograph of unidentified individuals performing bhangra at a dinner and dance event.

Bhangra is a folk dance and music form that originated from Punjab, India. It originated as a folk dance celebrated during the time of the harvest. It's traditionally danced to the dhol instrument, a large drum, accompanied by boliyan, short sets of lyrics that describe scenes or stories from Punjab.
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Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals performing bhangra at a dinner and dance event.

Bhangra is a folk dance and music form that originated from Punjab, India. It originated as a folk dance celebrated during the time of the harvest. It's traditionally danced to the dhol instrument, a large drum, accompanied by boliyan, short sets of lyrics that describe scenes or stories from Punjab.
Description
Photograph of unidentified individuals performing bhangra at a dinner and dance event.

Bhangra is a folk dance and music form that originated from Punjab, India. It originated as a folk dance celebrated during the time of the harvest. It's traditionally danced to the dhol instrument, a large drum, accompanied by boliyan, short sets of lyrics that describe scenes or stories from Punjab.