bhangran.

1965 E. Bhaynani Dance in India xiv. 183 A similar type of Bhangra is danced by men of the Dogra (warrior) community of Jammu.

1971 P. Thomas Festivals & Holidays of India viii. 62/1 The first of Vaisakh or Baisakh (April–May) is the most important day of the year for the Sikhs... Village communities celebrate the occasion by many folk dances, of which the vigorous Bhangra is the most popular.

1980 New Grove Dict. Music XIV. 110 Bolī (improvised couplets) make up the principal dance-song for the men's bhangṛa and women's giḍḍa dance... Here the soloists accompany their recitative with mimetic gestures and the group dances in a circle while singing the refrain.

1985 N. Sahgal Rich like Us xxi. 221 One youth, aged thirty-five or forty, lungi clad, straggly-haired, had his arms straight up in the air, his eyes rolling white, while his body twitched and lurched to the rhythm of the bhangra and a circle of loose-limbed dancers revolved around him.

1991 P. Sweeney Virgin Directory World Music 144 Bhangra is traditionally danced by men, and its boisterous, hedonistic, slang lyrics make it an attractive entertainment even to non-Punjabis.

1987 New Musical Express 5 Sept. 46 Unheard on mainstream radio but selling in cart-loads, Bhangra—a mix of traditional Asian musics, disco and rock—is Britain's biggest musical underground.

1988 Sunday Tel. 22 May (Colour Suppl.) 36/2 It is getting big: so big that soon bhangra, like reggae before it, will break through the ethnic barrier.

1991 Hammersmith, Fulham & Chiswick Guardian 9 Aug. 5/5 The band's combination of a fresh and dynamic stage presence and explosive bhangra has made them the most sought-after bhangra band around.

1993 Times 10 July 20/6 Coming back from a jolly night out, slightly tanked up and woozy on the old pins, a quick blast of Bhangra would have me dancing exotic and erotic moves until I tripped over the cat.