Sup y’all, on this episode of The Bhangra Podcast, we are talking to Ampal Kaur and Deshmesh Singh about their experience running the award winning competition Bhangra at the Alamo and hopefully you can learn from some of their best practices.

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Sup y'all. On this episode of The Bhangra Podcast, we speak with the judges of Buckeye Mela 2024.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Introductions

03:16 Discussion on Alamo Incident

09:54 Review of Rubric Changes

11:51 Changing the Dancing Time Limit

17:00 Placings Discussion: Alamo vs FCB

24:39 Impact of Deductions on Placings

34:00 Discussion on Pagh and Chunni Deductions

35:34 Discussion on Chunni and Uniform

40:36 Conversation about First and Second Place

51:22 Surprise about Azaad's Placement

01:00:50 Evaluation of MMD's Performance

01:06:10 Discussion on Superlatives

01:14:06 Discussion about Academy teams and their success

01:16:48 Advantages of Academy teams over college teams

01:19:19 Importance of understanding Punjabi culture

01:21:52 Cultural appropriation vs cultural appreciation

01:25:26 Final thought

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A lot of tamasha has been said surrounding Alamo City Bhangra. The Buckeye Mela directors came on the pod to address what actually happened and dispel some of the crazier things that were said.

00:00 Introduction

01:22 Explanation of the Events Leading to the Incident

03:02 The Incident and its Aftermath

06:21 Allegations of Threatening Behavior

08:28 Discussion on the Punishment

10:20 Communication with Judges and Point Deduction

12:47 Revealing the Point Deduction to the Judges

13:11 Turning off the Livestream

14:00 Discussion on Livestream Practices

15:42 Conclusion and Appreciation

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