Bhangra team formed by students at Cleveland State University

DESCRIPTION
A photograph taken during the summer of 1976 of a bhangra team formed by students at Cleveland State University and local high school students to perform during American bicentennial celebrations in the tour of cities in the Midwest. The team performed that summer in Kentucky, Ohio and perhaps other nearby states.

Inscription on the back of the photograph reads: "Swapna & Sujata with their American & Indian friends who performed 'bhangade' in many American cities during U.S. bicentennial celebrations, 1976."

THEMES
Arts

ADDITIONAL METADATA
Date: 1976
Subject(s): Swapna Singh Swadhin, Sujata Singh Burgess, Nita Gupta, Darshan Singh, Dance, Bhangra
Type: Photograph
Location: Cleveland, OH

PROVENANCE
Collection: Performing Arts
Item History: 2012-01-30 (created); 2013-05-03 (modified)

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