We are going to add some Qawwali music and start first with some Bhangra.

This is Punjabi, Sikh and Sufi. The Punjab area of India is Sikh, closely related to Sufi. There is the Punjab India and on the other side of the border Punjab Pakistan.

(2 New Links added Sept. 9th, below 'Bride Prejudice' Dance and before Qawwali songs. I want to keep to this sequence)

These 4 links below are good, very short. There isn't incoming information, but of course there might be, but my feeling is the HS person actually blocked it!

Qawwali is Sufi sacred music, and is healing, but I am looking for a suitable track. Bhangra music is great. I wanted a video that showed the best music but also first showed the dance. Had to go with one that showed the dance first while I look for the best Bhangra music mix. Indians and Punjabi/Pakistan never compromise or lose their own culture.

This is to show some real joy and fun, that is not depressing and miserable or a country that is just copying everyone else.

These guys are Punjabi. The turbans mean they are Sikhs. All Indians love to dance and it is usually this style or Bollywood style. I thought this video shows a nice group of young guys dancing I love to do this dance as well as Bollywood style, but some of the Bhangra music is very good too.

Watch Video 1 minute.

It is difficult to find the example of Bhangra music I am looking for, but this will do. It has the Bhangra music and dance, 2 minutes.

I spent some time living in the Punjab, and I did consider India as one of the countries I could move to. It was at a 'holy place' Sikh related, not called an ashram, but a lovely lifestyle. I arrived in New Delhi and then after a few days there, we had been told to get the Shatabdi Express train to the Punjab. Very nice train. A little further from where I was staying is Amritsar which is Sikh and famous for the Golden Temple. From where I was you could see the Himalayas in the distance.

Now I think of it, there was a fun Indian film called 'Bride and Prejudice' a take on Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' and that was in Amritsar.

NEW Watch Video 2 minutes. I did see it when it was first released and its good, lots of music and dancing. The girl is Aishwarya Rai who was Miss World in 1994.

Bhangra is one of the styles now available at my preferred dance school in KL Its a cool style of dance.

This is what the Indian men do to win the heart of a girl!

Watch Dance from 'Bride and Prejudice'.

NEW

***Here is the everyday border closing ceremony in this Punjabi region between India and Pakistan, a very popular tourist attraction.

Watch Video 2 minutes. 30 seconds.

This is from the Pakistan side 3 mins. Watch Video.

MUSIC - STING & CHEB MAMI - DESERT ROSE

Music Watch Video 4 minutes 45 seconds

Qawwali Prayer Music.

HU is a chant meaning God or Higher Source or the same 'Higher Up' that communicates at times.

This means it is healing and it clears 'darkness'. This is Sufi. Play Qawwali 5 mins.

HU is the soul in mankind. The soul which is HU is True God, and it makes us true humans. Hu-man (man means the mind). Not to be underestimated!

Rumi Where All Is Music. 2 mins. Mystic poems of Rumi.

Internet comment.

"Qawwali music is known to bring listeners to a trance-like state. How does the music affect you?"

Sami Yusuf - Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum (Stepping into Light)

Play Video. 4 mins.

Internet Comment. "Having full grip over all languages with best selection of qawwali it's really very inspiring and I never want it to be an end. I really fell in love with this legendary performance, it's so spiritual and ecstatic... Amazing."

All the linked film and TV clips, 'robots' and 'ET aliens' etc are on this page.

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