{"id":6052,"date":"2009-12-17T12:56:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T17:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=6052"},"modified":"2009-12-17T13:08:16","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T18:08:16","slug":"suomi-bhangra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/17\/suomi-bhangra\/","title":{"rendered":"Suomi-Bhangra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, you really do just have to watch the video. <\/p>\n\n

Mutineers, I now present you… Finnish Bhangra – <\/p>\n\n

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My take? I love it. Like Absolut Mulit<\/a> (full video here<\/a>), it represents an incredibly perceptive outsider’s take on desi culture. The music, the singing, the imagery, the dancing, and the overall gestalt<\/i> are both accurate and ironic. When “inside” and “outside” mesh so darn well, it transcends the usual boundaries and we’re forced to take a step back and recognize just how broad & progressively inviting the diaspora<\/em> truly is. <\/p>\n\n

The group, Shava<\/a>, describes themselves and their mission well – <\/p>\n\n

Welcome to the home page of Shava, which is guaranteed to be the world’s only Finnish bhangra group. Shava plays music which is meant for fun and dancing, and Shava’s gigs are a proof that their unique blend of Bollywood-bhangra dance beats with Finnish attitude and language works perfectly to free your mind and your pelvis and to make you get up and dance. <\/p>\n

…The group’s name bears no complicated philosophical meaning. Shouting shava, shava>> is normal behaviour for Punjabis having a good time, and it is something the band is trying to teach to Finnish audiences.<\/blockquote>\n\n

Bravo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, you really do just have to watch the video. Mutineers, I now present you… Finnish Bhangra – My take? I love it. Like Absolut Mulit (full video here), it represents an incredibly perceptive outsider’s take on desi culture. The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6052"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}