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Video: Penn Masala’s Diwali Performance at the White House
October 16 2009 14:40 PST
President Barack Obama doesn’t take Diwali lightly! To make the festival of lights special this year, he invited the all-male a cappella group Penn Masala to perform at the White House.
Sachin Amrute, Dhruv Batura, Sagar Bhatt, Ankit Dhir, Samuel Levenson, Tarub Mabud, Nikhil Marathe, Bharat Moudgil, Mahesh Murali, Manoj Racherla, Vinay Rao, Harshil Shukla, Akshat Vaidya and Bhuwan Vashisht all showed up to sing their rendition of "Aicha."
And Obama was very pleased with the performance, praising the "creative energies of musicians like the singers Penn Masala." The group was created in 1996 and is the world’s first Hindi a cappella group.
So check out the video of Penn Masala’s performance at the White House and tell us what you think; did they deliver on Diwali? Drop us a line!
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ive heard them sing sooooo many better songs, but its still pretty awesome. but i have both their cds and they coulda picked a better song.
its not easy singing in front of obama n a bunch of politicians becuz there a different crowd penn masala was a lil nervoous other then these guys are really good
that first guy singing in english was wack as hell... he was embarrassing
dat is really sickkk! feel so proud to be desi! yes! indians reppin it!
seems like a elegant but nice tight jacket ivy league music by penn masala using only vocals. They might invite the Queen of England to do a ballet with them. just kidding. I like penn masala.
it is pretty cool that they repped but god they sound sooo sad. ive seen em perform live and theyve been so much better
Wow, some of those members of the group are such stereotypical indian guys.....
so happy that Obama was present!
The several of singers' voices made me shiver. Nice sound altogether.