Poongle) Bangra 1 Source: Following Indian Culture Choi Hye-jung

 What on earth is Bangla? To put it roughly, it can be said that it is a generic term for "music enjoyed by Asian residents in modern Britain." However, if you go into it, it will become complicated. The origin of Bangra is "fork dance music (folk dance music)" sung while harvesting in Punjab province, and has been played with unique percussion instruments such as stone, dholak, and tumbi. Therefore, it is traditional folk music that has been inherited for centuries long before it came from England. India's map, but it is worth paying attention to the word Punjab here. If you open the map, you'll see that Punjab is located in northwest India, or on the border with Pakistan (although the map doesn't show the name Punjab), it's located in Punjab Province, northwest of New Delhi, India's capital city of Amritsar and Srinagar are located in Punjab province. This area is famous for its fertile farmland and cotton production, and it is no exaggeration to say that there would have been no industrial revolution in England without it. By the way, religious conflicts are sensitive, as can be seen from the fact that this is the border between India and Pakistan. India has Hinduism, Pakistan (and Bangladesh) has Islam as its national religion. After India gained independence from the UK, I learned from writing that 10 million people, the largest in human history, moved to a place to live in, and 2.5 million people died for one reason or another in the process. Under these circumstances, Punjab is a region with many Muslims remaining in India and is also the base of another religion called Sikhism. The doctrine is similar to Hinduism, but Sikhs who deny the caste system are famous for being "extreme." Sikhs, who account for 2% of India's total population (still 20 million), have long fought an underground struggle for independence in Punjab. I didn't say this to say, "Bangra is the music of Punjab's Sikh struggle." However, it is necessary to keep in mind that the Punjab region uses a separate language called Punjab in Indian society, where Hindi is the mainstream, and religion and culture are different. Therefore, it should be pointed out that Bangra has a slightly different origin from Indian music as we know it. Indian music that we know? For most pop music fans, Indian music will be like "background music of the mid-term Beatles." The name of an instrument called sitar, which is similar to Western guitar and Korean gayageum, and the character Ravi Shankar, the master of sita, was widely known because of "George Harrison." Anyone who likes Lai Kudor may like the music of Vishwana Mohan Batt, who performed with him on the album A Meeting By The River (1993) (V.M. Bhat is a student of Ravi Shanka and belongs to the Elite). In addition to these, various "meditation music" (or "devotion music") that is naturally reminiscent of "Indian music" is also far from Bangra. They are not folk music, but "Classic" (to be exact, "Classic") music (not only classical music in Europe), and are being marketed as a genre of "World Music." In short, their music can be heard more often at workshops in music college auditoriums than in commercial performances in clubs or concert halls. Their music is technically "hindi music," so there is a lot of difference from Bangra, "punjabi music." If you insist that "Jongmyo Jeryeak" and "Chunhyangga" are the same music (Korean traditional music?), it may be considered the same. Anyone interested in "World Film" will know that India is a film powerhouse, and Bombay, the base of the film industry, is called Bollywood, and Indian films are closely related to music, so almost all of India's popular music is "film music." Asha Bostle, a singer and actor, holds the "world's longest-running recording record" (Later introduced by Indian-British band Cornershop, dedicated to her biggest hit, "Brimful of Asha." Therefore, if it is related to "modern" Bangra, it would not be "Classic" Indian music such as Ravi Shanka or V.M. Bart, but "Popular Music." The music of Pakistan and Bangladesh also has a formidable influence, but it becomes too lengthy, so let's put it off later. Here, let's just point out that film music (and music movies) made by Bollywood's "Star System" has played a role in culturally integrating its vast land and its large population. As a result, the "genre convention" is strong, as it is expressed as "the formula of Indian movies is one or two stars, six songs, and three dances." According to the group work Music At The Margin (Sage, 1991) published by the International Association of the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), Indian popular music has a relatively good reputation for 'modernizing tradition', but it also has a not-so-