Dubbed the “nine-piece party starters” by The Village Voice, Brooklyn-based banghra outfit Red Baraat is playing on the main TED stage now. They also caused a fair amount of mayhem at the block party in Long Beach last night: 
And the crowd went wild: 
Bringing Brooklyn bhangra to the main stage: Red Baraat at TED2012
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commented on Feb 29 2012
My daughter teaches some folks just like this in NYC! Love them!