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Punjabis showcase culture at Springfield Mela
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DAYTON: At a mela showcasing Punjabi culture and heritage at Springfield in Ohio, the City Hall Plaza came alive with Punjabi Gidhha and reached climax with the famed Bhangra, presenting for the benefit of not just Punjabis but people of many ethnicities the broad-spectrum of our legacy of glorious human senses. 

As young lasses Sarabjeet Kaur, Kamaldeep Kaur Grewal, Tarandeep Kaur Grewal, Kirandeep Kaur, Monika Nagdev, Navpreet Kaur Baasi, Rajdeep Kaur Baasi, Jasbir Kaur Grewal, Charanjit Kaur, Palwinder Kaur and Tej Kaur began on the high note of Gidhha, they were watched by many of the Chinese, Japanese, Irish origin artistes and people who too were present there to showcase their songs, dances and culture. 

The Bhangra team's performance turned out to be the high point of the evening with Sukhdeep Singh, Jaspreet Singh, Manpreet Singh, Tanveer Singh, Ravjot Kaur, Prabhjot Kaur, Harleen Kaur Bajaj, Gunveen Kaur Bajaj ensuring that the Punjabi beats are carried home by all in their memories for a long time to come. Making their contribution on the drums were Lakhwinder Singh Mattu and Simarjeet Singh. 

In a bid to acquaint the audience with regular items of use in Punjabi living, the organisers had put up an exhibition of objects like a harmonium, dhol, chimtya, been, surahi, charkha, madhani, peerhi, and hand held fans etc. Many expressed interest in acquiring a picture of Sri Darbar Sahib. S. Karanvir Singh and Kirandeep Kaur explained salient features of Sikhism to many interested participants. 

The day saw participation of Avtar Singh Spriongfield, Piara Singh Saimbi, Dr. Darshan Singh, Rajpal Singh Bajaj, Kartar Singh, Daljit Singh Deol, Sameep Singh Gumtala, Mohinder Singh Takhar, Kulwant Kaur Takhar, Jaswant Singh Grewal, Pragan Singh, Charanjit Kaur and Miss Sagarika.

7 October 2009
 

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