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Beyond Bollywood Beats: Why Indians Dance in Life and Film
While exploring the slums of Mumbai, I suddenly heard someone playing music. Following the sound, I walked over and saw several young people dancing to the music. Although they were not professional, they were full of dynamics. Later, I accidentally attended a local wedding. At the wedding banquet, the guests suddenly began to squirm to the music. The atmosphere at that time made people feel that it would be disrespectful to not dance along for a few steps, which forced me, who cannot dance, to dance awkwardly. Unlike domestic square dancing aunts who dance at fixed points every day, Indians seem to suddenly start dancing inadvertently – just like in…