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Songs Of Revolution 2015

February 7, 2022

Songs of Revolution. Presented by VIBC. Surrey City Hall, Surrey, BC, Canada. Mar 19, 2015.

Royal Academy of Punjabi
Hardeep Singh Sahota (Choreographer), Parminder Prince (Punjabi Folk Singer), Sheru Chahal (Dhol)

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VIBC’s vision is to create an inclusive community for all through celebration and the joy of bhangra. On March 19, we invite you to attend an extraordinary event at Surrey City Hall, connecting revolutionary Ghadar poetry to elements of folk bhangra performance.

Sponsored by Hari Sharma Foundation and hosted by Bali “Lady B” Deol of Swaraj Radio, Songs of Revolution includes discussion, dance, poetry and music inspired by the Ghadar movement, undertaken in the 1900s in Canada, the US and India by indians seeking their freedom from the British Raj.

Songs of Revolution takes place in four parts, each in its own way illuminating aspects of a movement that shaped—and continues to shape—the lives of so many individuals and families here in Canada and abroad. To open the evening, local community members and academics will introduce the Ghadar movement and explore its significance today. Then Royal Academy of Punjabi will present a ten-minute performance set to poetry describing scene-by-scene the story of the Ghadarites’ call for India’s independence. This will be followed by recitations of Ghadar poetry by local poets, authors and scholars such as Sohan Singh Pooni, Jasmin Chahal, Sandeep Singh, Kalwant Singh Nadeem Parmar and Amal Rana. The evening concludes with a short reception sponsored by Nanak Foods, to which everyone is invited to socialize and share more poetry in an informal setting.

Kade Mangyian Milann Azadiyan Na
Hunde Tarliyan Naal Na Raj Loko

Karo Na Minnat Ainwe Bano Na Kaiyar

Fardo Talwar Ehnan Nahin Rahnna

Freedom is not obtained by begging

By appeals political power is not won
Do not petition like cowards
Take the sword and they will run Ghadar Poem

This event is presented by VIBC. Many thanks to sponsor Hari Sharma Foundation, to supporters Swaraj Radio 96.1FM, Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities, Simon Fraser University Surrey, Nanak Foods and Royal Academy of Punjabi and to all of our event participants, performers and volunteers.

Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration (VIBC)

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