Salaam teachers!
The luddi dance was a success. I had parents who generously helped me accumulate more than enough costumes for the dance and boy did they look adorable. My mom said, "tumne sab bacho ko pakistani bana diya."
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Brilliant idea; that's exactly what I will do! Thanks!

I told my girls to wear the fancy peasant skirts and shirts with lots of glitter :) We got little scarves for them. Swear some of them looked totally desi...being hispanic they fit right in!

Thankyou sweethuneygirl for your helpful comments.
Thankyou Mfm157 for sharing your experience. I have 15 students in my class, 10 boys and 5 girls. I tried to show the the basic "clap down, snap up and they just couldn't follow. I wound up doing, "clap, clap, and clap." They found this step alot easier to follow and boy did they get a kick out of it. Hopefully, I'll be able to add maybe 2 more steps to it and they'll be prossionals by mid december (fingers are crossed).

Now, I need 5 lehangas and 10 salwar kameezes. Let's hope I can get my hands on it. I think I should purchase one for myself too; I never really had one.

I actually led a group of 1-3rd grade girls to do a dance on "Lodi" from Veer Zaara. It took long hours of practice on Fridays, but it was well worth it. Luddi is traditionally a punjabi dance done in a cirlce with any kind of move. I know the basic "clap down, snap up" version but its hard to explain it online! :)

For decorations and items to be on displays check crayola.com out, look under celebrations.