Oct 8, 2026 · 39 min · 14 segments
*0:01:00* **HBCU 101: Majorettes Edition** At HBCUs, majorettes are as essential to football season as the marching band. Leoneda Inge explores the history of Black dance tradition at North Carolina…
Leoneda IngeHostOgemdi UdehGuestKristi JohnsonGuestSonali LuniyaGuestUsha SankarGuest
Jeff TiberiiHostPratik NanavatiGuest
Now, Pratik, let me ask you, across these two and a half decades, how has the festival changed? What is new this year or newer in recent years?
We have, uh, local dance schools and local mom-and-pop choreographers organizing all kinds of interesting events that we, that they perform during day, all day.
In recent years, though, we have introduced other segments, such as we at one point had university competitions where local universities came and, and did a performance for, for competition.
L- over the last seven years or so, I would say, I wanna say, we introduced a segment for the celebrities to, to perform and, and, and, and enjoy the, the Indian choreography.
... and, and Apex and Morrisville, uh, all participate, uh, in, and, uh, and, and learn and participate and perform, uh, in front of the, uh, the, the audience.
We have something called the Youth Achievement Award and the Youth Ambassador Program.
The Achievement Award tries to, is aimed at, uh, recognizing youth, uh, who have contributed to the community outside of their classrooms.
And then we also have this ambassador program where, uh, we select five to seven youngsters to sort of intern with Hum Sub for two years.
It gives them a ringside view of how our cultural events are held, because it's a massive exercise, and this, uh, gives them a, a sense of the planning that goes into it.
And our goal also is to, you know, these guys are going to be occupying, um, positions outside of India, um, uh, in their workplaces, and we want to give, give them a sense of what it means to be a cultural ambassador, and we want to be, uh, provide them an opportunity to embrace the concept of diversity.
Uh, so these are two initiatives that, uh, has been gathering momentum in recent years.
And recent years, we've been able to pre- uh, present topics such as Indian women, you know, uh, pioneering women who have, uh, uh, blazed a trail in different areas.
Now, Pratik, let me ask you, across these two and a half decades, how has the festival changed? What is new this year or newer in recent years?
We have, uh, local dance schools and local mom-and-pop choreographers organizing all kinds of interesting events that we, that they perform during day, all day.
In recent years, though, we have introduced other segments, such as we at one point had university competitions where local universities came and, and did a performance for, for competition.
L- over the last seven years or so, I would say, I wanna say, we introduced a segment for the celebrities to, to perform and, and, and, and enjoy the, the Indian choreography.
... and, and Apex and Morrisville, uh, all participate, uh, in, and, uh, and, and learn and participate and perform, uh, in front of the, uh, the, the audience.
We have something called the Youth Achievement Award and the Youth Ambassador Program.
The Achievement Award tries to, is aimed at, uh, recognizing youth, uh, who have contributed to the community outside of their classrooms.
And then we also have this ambassador program where, uh, we select five to seven youngsters to sort of intern with Hum Sub for two years.
It gives them a ringside view of how our cultural events are held, because it's a massive exercise, and this, uh, gives them a, a sense of the planning that goes into it.
And our goal also is to, you know, these guys are going to be occupying, um, positions outside of India, um, uh, in their workplaces, and we want to give, give them a sense of what it means to be a cultural ambassador, and we want to be, uh, provide them an opportunity to embrace the concept of diversity.
Uh, so these are two initiatives that, uh, has been gathering momentum in recent years.
And recent years, we've been able to pre- uh, present topics such as Indian women, you know, uh, pioneering women who have, uh, uh, blazed a trail in different areas.
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