I did not really fancy the Notting Hill Carnival again, just too many people and so easy for Pwca to be trod on, even trampled to death. So after a few Pwca pints down in 'The Borough', I took a walk along the South Bank. Buetifull day and per chance I came ac
ross the last day of the National Theatres August Bank Holiday Dance Festival. The Monday was given over to Near Eastern Belly Dance and Indian 'Bollywood' Dancing, I got a seat up on an outside Balcony and had a really good afternoon and early evening. The music was great and the dancing fantastic with much audience partcipation, soon all my ''Pwca Problems'' were drifting far away, helped by a few ''Pwca Pints''. See some info below to follow up on.

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Monday 27 August BELLYDANCE, INDIAN AND BOLLYWOOD 1pm BELLY DANCING with Fantazia and Najma2.30pm INDIAN Dance Performance with Akademi 3.15pm BOLLYWOOD Dance Class with Jay Saunders4.30pm INDIAN Dance Performance with Akademi5.30pm BOLLYWOOD Evening with Taala and the Bollywood Dream Dancers
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This Indian and Belly dancing plus the music is excellent, no doubt about it good exercise for both male and female Pwca, much entertaining than Cymry 'Dance y Werin' stuff, jumping over broomsticks and all that. So, I am advocating that Pwca adopt this form of Eastern dance, a mix of Bollywood and Belly Dance and we will arrive at our own ''Pwca Fusion'', possibly something similar to the Gothic Fusion Belly Dancing I mention over in my TAN y BONT Gothic Blog. http://cymrugothic.blospot.com/
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See some pics below taken at aforementioned Dance Festival. (c) O.G. 2007.
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To conclude on a serious note, you might well have heard of Reggae & Rap but Rai? If not look out for Rai music and read up on it's history and associated radical politics. See link below:
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Rai-Music (English version)
A brief history and introduction to Rai music.
pagesperso-orange.fr/mohamed.sahnoun/Rai_engl.html - 12k - cached - related
A brief history and introduction to Rai music.
pagesperso-orange.fr/mohamed.sahnoun/Rai_engl.html - 12k - cached - related
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RAI : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
Rai has been seen as a music of rebellion, in part because of its suppression by the Algerian authorities and in part because of its lyrics' departures from ...
www.musicweb-international.com/encyclopaedia/r/R9.HTM - 13k - cached - related
RAI : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
Rai has been seen as a music of rebellion, in part because of its suppression by the Algerian authorities and in part because of its lyrics' departures from ...
www.musicweb-international.com/encyclopaedia/r/R9.HTM - 13k - cached - related
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That's it, so Pwca on!
That's it, so Pwca on!
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