Category: Travel

History of Zumba!!!

Zumba

Zumba is a dance  fitness program created by Colombian dancer and  Choreographer Alberto”Beto” Perez  during the 1990s.

Zumba sessions are typically about an hour long.The exercises include music with fast and slow rhythms, as well as resistance training.The music comes from the following dance styles:Cumbia,Salsa,merengue,mambo ,flamenco ,chachacha,reggaeton, soca,samba,hip hop music ,axe music and tango  . There are eight different types of classes for different levels of age and exertion.Zumba Toning is for the people who do their workouts with toning sticks. Zumba Toning will target the abs, thighs, arms, and other muscles throughout the body. Zumba Toning is adding sculpting of body and cardio.

In the 1990s, Beto Perez forgot his tape of aerobics music for a class he was teaching. He went to his car, listened to music – consisting of traditional Salsa and merengue music – and improvised a class using this non-traditional aerobics music. After finding initial success in Colombia, he moved to the United States in 2001, where he teamed up with cofounder Alberto Perlman and a childhood friend, COO Alberto Aghion. The trio produced a demo reel , and the concept was discovered and licensed by a company called Fitness Quest to create a direct marketing campaign and a line of  Home videos.

Zumba involves  dance and aerobic elements. Zumba’s choreography incorporates hip-hop,soca,samba,salsa, merengue,mambo and marital arts .Squats and lunges  are also included.

A thought for the day !!!

food

Just the other day ,one of my classmates had gone for the weekend to my hometown,from a metro like Mumbai .And so me being from that town ,he asked what he can do?

After thinking about two minutes ,I realised that where ever we travel ,the only difference we see is food .
whether its Travelling to another state in the country , or to another country abroad we only see what else can be eaten ,there is so much everywhere for sightseeing ,the shopping brands and stuff might be available in another country in a few months but the only difference would be of getting that authentic taste of food which is served locally ,no matter how hard you try to get the exact taste of a local cuisine there would be some  ingredients that would not be available. That gives  the exact taste of the dish.And that’s why when we  travel we  go to authentic places for authentic food.…
And so food is the only common topic ,even when we discuss our daily happenings .Food is such an important topic today globally .And with accessibility ,its just become easier to travel more,explore more in no time.

Sulafest 2014

The Sulafest this year had too much of electronic music. A complete zone to it .Also , sula was spread out with music in every section ,whether there were electronic zones or an artist trying to grab attention near the grape stomping ,or the main stage and entrance to the Amphitheatre too had music .It seemed this fest had lost its main appeal to have live bands performing , it seems like they got carried away by just being another concert type of event since ,mostly everywhere in India we are getting to hear one genre.It wasn’t really different .Saturday , day one highlight- the gypsy all stars were different, they sang songs and for one of the songs they too tried creating a fusion with folk music and spanish tunes . The Day 2 was utter disappointment since it had just music with no lyrics and nothing new to offer .
Also it seems that the fest has being taking the advantage of the brand name ‘Sula ‘ since this year they even charged rupee 100 for car parking for each day .

Auto Expo India 2014

Auto Expo

The auto expo is back again this time  bigger and better with more space to be offered at Greater Noida  compared to pragati maidan. 
This year there are going to be some great global launches and showcases with 47 manufacturers taking part and showcasing 69 automobiles launch some of them being the Jaguar CX17 ,Jaguar F-type ,Harley Davidson to name a few 
so those travelling,or were waiting to travel for the auto expo here are the dates 7-11 Febuarary at the India  expo mart Greater Noida Delhi,  from 10 am onwards so all the automobiles lovers don’t miss this chance or you will have to wait another 2 years for it will be coming next in 2016 .

The Good Road

"The Good Road"

The Good Road was a movie in 2013
Yes , I got to watch the film which  was selected as the entry  for the best foreign language for the 86th Academy awards .
 but was  not nominated. and So I also saw whether it made sense to send this movie or the other movies like Lunchbox and Ship of theseus.And so here my personal view on this . 

 The film is where several stories are intertwined with the center of the action being a highway in the rural lands of Gujarat  near the town of  Kachch.

The Story of a boy who is lost and then found while his family is on a holiday trip to Kuchch
Sonali Kulkarni, remember pooja in Dil  Chahta hai. Yes she is the mother of the boy who goes missing and is one of the cast 
 and also the movie shares a message of how we (Indians ) are very connected emotionally with our families . And how over time even the people who didn’t like the people become so close to each other that they find it difficult to say goodbye .
Also I always wondered how one could grip the audience for a movie on road journey, but it was interesting and Its good to know that the upcoming filmmaker,director are willing to take the risk of experimenting .