ABOUT ME
:::Summary:::
Listening to Reggae Music and Skanking is what I am really passionate about. Also working for waste management is my passion. (But for my living I work for capital markets IT job)
Having good vibes.. Love and Respect.
Exploring new places and people, sharing knowledge and experiences

:::For your reading pleasure:::
Skanking Star aims to educate and entertain audience with skanking culture of Jamaican dance music, which started in Jamaica and became a global acceptance. 

Reggae music is recognized by UNESCO by adding it to the World Heritage list. (https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/reggae-music-of-jamaica-01398)

What is Skanking

Skanking is a two-step dance done mainly at ska, punk, and reggae concerts. Wild, personalized, and found in dance halls since the 1950's-- skanking is one of the easiest dance forms to pick up anywhere, anytime. For more info, reference this wiki link: https://www.wikihow.com/Skank

About Skanking Star

Pavan Kakarla started following Reggae music from the year 2012 with Dakta dub, who started Monkey Radio India and Bass Sanskriti and is part of the reggae movement in India as a volunteer taking part in various activities, few mentioned below

Sound System en Masse - India's 1st community Reggae event funded by the people all around the world, exclusively organized for children in Hyderabad 2015

Goa SunSplash - India's biggest Reggae Music Festival in Goa, since 2016

BFR Sound System, A crowd funded campaign to built a Jamaican style sound system on Indiegogo in 2016

All India Dub Conference, is a meeting of sound systems in India. The 1st one happened at Pune in 2016

The Xtraordinary Children Dance, a 10000 Lions sound system dance show for 2500 special children on International Day of People with disability at Bal Kalyan, Pune  in 2017

Pavan also did a skanking act on the name of Reggae Rennaisance at Lalaland Festival,Goa in 2018 and at Azaad Awaaz 2.0 at Unwind, Koregoan park in Sept 2019. 

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Its fun...!!! As we meet lot of like minded people and also saves money.

Interests

Skanking on my fav reggae/dub mix's and tracks.
Often go for trekking with friends.

• reggae music
• breathing
• dub music
• skanking

Music, Movies, and Books

Reggae Music
Lot of movies
Only 1 book till now " The Secret"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working for
www.monkeyradio.in
www.goasunsplash.com

Teach, Learn, Share

About Reggae history
About global electronic trading systems (I am not a trader but a IT support guy)

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good vibe and lot of interesting information and lot of Dub music

Countries I’ve Visited

India, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

India