Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Bingi the dancing fool

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In Indian religious celebratory ceremonies there is one particular dance type called a “garba”. What this entails is people singing and dancing around in a circle, while they clap in timing with the music. Sometimes to create a more festive atmosphere wooden sticks are hit together in time with the music. The wooden sticks are coloured and decorated.

Our raving starts like this:

There was a young guy (Bingi) in the Indian community who was so excited for the Indian celebration coming up because he decided to volunteer to be a part of the “garba” group. Bingi was 18 yrs old and wanted to show off his skills. He was so nervous about his upcoming performance that we didn’t see him for days.

Finally the big day came, and Bingi was all excited. When it came to the singing and dancing we couldn’t stop laughing because Bingi wasn’t able to keep in sync with everyone else. Afterwards the elders congratulated on his performance, but Bingi wasn’t happy. So we asked why he didn't look pleased about his dancing, he said that they gave him the wrong sticks. Everyone was confused because only the wooden sticks were handed to everyone.

His response was no he was expecting metal sticks and that’s why he had practiced every morning at 6am with screwdrivers! The guys were crashing themselves when he said this. Then he still went on to say it was because he liked that metallic sound when he hit them together !

We as pro-ravers can assure you that the “garba” dance has never been performed with metal rods. And the fact that Bingi got up at 6am to practice his dance with screwdrivers makes you wonder what on earth he was thinking !

-->In the words of Nelson from the Simpsons – Ha Ha<--

1 comment:

Unknown said...

lol bingi....
new ravings everyday from that guy!