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Bhangra: How it came to West Yorkshire

What is the history of Bhangra music in England?

A new book "Bhangra: Mystics, Music and Migration" is all about Bhangra history in Yorkshire since the 1960’s.

It may well be born in the Punjab but author Hardeep Singh says it has a rich history in the mill towns of the North after immigrants settled in the region.

He has studied the subject at Huddersfield University, and in this extract he tells ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Leeds presenter Mussarrat Abbasi how Bhangra came to be linked with Yorkshire.

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