You cannot stay still when you hear Punjabi music!  Bet you!  You will want to break out in bhangra, and why not!  It’s definitely good exercise.  Want to see a video that I made when I was in the UK?  This video was made at a pre-wedding party, but I just called it Punjabi Dance Party.

I love the songs on the video, here’s a playlist.   The timings are listed so that you can go forward and see certain songs without seeing the entire video – but why you would want to do that – I don’t know – you shouldn’t!  The whole video is good!

Playlist

At 19 seconds into the video: Aaja Soniyeh from Foji ft Gurlej Akhtar – Mentah.  I just called it Aaja Soniyeh as these words are in it, but not sure what the name of the song is (one of my favorites);

At 1:01 minutes into the video: Aaj Blue Hai Pani Pani from Yo Yo Honey Singh

At 1:55 minutes into the video: I love the song, but don’t know what it’s called or who is the singer, but the dance to it in this video that I made is rather wonderful.  This is when the men get together and dance like crazy!  The song refers to Jallandarh, a big city in the Punjab – where I have been just once when I was 14 years old.

At 3:30 minutes into the video:  There is a ritual dance that is in honor of the groom who will be married the next day (yes this is the party that the boy’s side held).  The girl’s side held their own party the same day at a different venue.  We were invited to the boy’s side.

At 4:25 minutes into the video: There’s a song that I like to refer to as the “Snake Song”. It is the same music that there was a fabulous dance to in Bride and Prejudice, the “Cobra Dance” that had one of the sisters entertaining the guest Darcy as well as Mr. Khan who was visiting from Los Angeles.  Aishwarya Rai was in this movie and played one of the sisters.  This was a truly fabulous movie!

At 5:57 mintues into the video, it’s the women’s turn to dance!  Again, I don’t know the name of the song, or the singer – but you should tune into to see how Punjabi women dance – they do a dance traditionally known as “giddah” – a traditional folk dance.

At 6:40 minutes into the video, there’s Moorni from Panjabi MC (one of my favorites);

At 6:59 minutes into the video, watch out for the men’s turn again as they dance to the Dhol, and do my favorite – bhangra!

At 8:43 minutes into the video, tune in for nightclub/disco like bhangra!

At 9:04 minutes into the video, tune in for Spanish Bhangra!  That’s all I can call it as there is a song that I should know the name to, but don’t and it is Spanish I believe, also popular, and the men love dancing to it bhangra style!

At 9:45 minutes into the video, tune in for the Bhangra finale!

If you love the songs you hear in my video, and want to hear the full version, and see the corresponding video from the artist click on the song links below

Aaja Soniyeh from Foji ft Gurlej Akhtar – Mentah.

Aaj Blue Hai Pani Pani from Yo Yo Honey Singh

Moorni from Panjabi MC

Cobra Dance from Bride and Prejudice, and I know this is part of another Bollywood movie too

Don’t forget with a good Punjabi Dance Party, you need a nice cup of tea, and some Indian sweets, so here you go – just for you!  I took the first two pictures below in the USA, but the rest are taken at the Punjabi Dance Party in the UK at Walsall Football Stadium.

chai (nice cup of Indian tea)

Jalebis

Punjabi Dance Party

Punjabi Dance Party

My daughter Niki took a selfie of us when we were in the car on the way to Walsall from Northern England.

Punjabi Dance Party

Punjabi Dance Party

Punjabi Dance Party at Walsall Football Stadium

Here I am at the party before it got started.

Punjabi Dance Party

I hope you liked my video, and the pictures.  Don’t forget to watch some of the other videos of the songs that I really like – they are some of the best, but mostly don’t forget to watch my video.  Remember, there’s nothing like good Punjabi music, and especially bhangra!