There's an exhibition investigating and tracking the evolution of bhangra, the Punjabi folk music popularised by Panjabi MC's Mundian Te Bach Ke (the Knightrider tune!). This has been touring the UK for a while now and finally touches down at the Brunei Gallery at SOAS. More info here. I'm going to check it out to find out the true origins of bhangra - there's some debate as to whether it's got anything to do with weed; weed in India is generally known as 'bhang', so there seems some sort of connection with the word 'bhangra'.
My mum, however, reckons it's roots are in the annual harvest celebration - Punjab's India's most fertile region and is known as 'the breadbasket of India', providing 20% of the country's food. Mum's are mostly right, so believe her and not me.
Shukria (thank you) to Ammo at Punch HQ in Brum, for the info and more importantly organising the exhibition.
