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Punjabi-Spanish fusion singer Talibelico honors immigrant history
More than a hundred years ago, many men from Punjab in India went to California to work and start new lives.
Some of those men married women from Mexico.
This made a special culture where two communities came together.
A singer named Talibelico was born into a Mexican family.
He saw Sikh people in a city called Modesto and thought their turbans were beautiful and dignified.
He felt drawn to the Sikh religion because of this.
Talibelico also heard Harveer Singh, a singer from Jalandhar, perform in Spanish and wanted to work with him.
Together, they make music that mixes Punjabi and Spanish.
Millions of people watch their songs online.
Their music reminds everyone of the old friendship between immigrants from Punjab and Mexico.
Talibelico, a Mexican-origin singer who wears a turban, has highlighted the ties between Punjabi and Mexican communities in early 20th-century California.
In the early 1900s, many Punjabi men in California married Mexican women.
Talibelico was drawn to Sikhism after seeing members of the Sikh community in Modesto, California, and researching the significance of the turban, which he found beautiful and dignified.
His Punjabi-Spanish fusion music is a collaboration with Harveer Singh, an immigrant from Jalandhar whose Spanish singing first drew Talibelico's interest.
The collaboration is getting millions of views online.
- Who
- Talibelico, a Mexican-origin turban-wearing singer, and his collaborator Harveer Singh, an immigrant from Jalandhar
- What
- A Punjabi-Spanish fusion music collaboration that brings to light the early 20th-century ties between Punjabi and Mexican communities in California
- Where
- California, including the city of Modesto
- When
- The marriages it references took place in the early 1900s; the collaboration is contemporary, gaining millions of views online
- Why
- To highlight and celebrate the cultural ties that existed between the Punjabi and Mexican communities, inspired partly by Talibelico's admiration for Sikhism and the turban
Key facts
- Singer
- Talibelico
- Heritage
- Mexican-origin
- Collaborator
- Harveer Singh, an immigrant from Jalandhar
- Genre
- Punjabi-Spanish fusion
- Historical connection
- Punjabi men marrying Mexican women in early 1900s California
- Inspiration
- The Sikh community in Modesto, California, and the significance of the turban
- Reception
- Millions of online views
Quotes
Talibelico
Mexican‑origin singer and advocate of Sikhism
“found it beautiful and dignified”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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