Non-stop luddi by folk society enters Int’l Book of Records

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, October 30

The Folk Blaster Society has entered the International Book of Records by performing luddi, a Punjabi folk dance, non-stop for more than 112 minutes 53 seconds.

As many as 10 artistes, two singers and five folk instrument players performed to set the world record.

Bhupinder Singh, one of the artistes, said their aim was to take the Punjabi folk dance to the next level. An engineer by profession, he said all team members were in the 20-30 age group and belonged to different professions. “But all of us have one thing in common — love for luddi. This is a traditional folk dance about which people have forgotten. Our aim is to let everyone know about this dance form,” he added.

Promoting Punjabi culture

• A team of the Folk Blaster Society, comprising 10 artistes, two singers and five folk instrument players, performed non-stop for more than 112 minutes 53 seconds to set the world record.
• The members are in the 20-30 age group and belong to different professions, but all of them have one thing in common — Love For Luddi

Prior to setting the record, the team practiced hard during the lockdown. “We utilised the lockdown period in preparation,” said Bhupinder.

Arshdeep Bains from Mohali, who is the director of the society, convinced the team members to perform at the international level. “Everyone knows about bhangra, but a few know about luddi. People are now attracted to western dance and music. Our aim and mission is to let the youth of Punjab know about other folk dances of the state too. We will continue doing the same in the future,” he said.

He added that they were taking out time from their busy schedules to spread a message that Punjab was rich in its folk dances.