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Sanjhi is the name of a mother goddess, after whom images are made of mud and molded into various shapes such as cosmic bodies or the face of the goddess, and they get different colors. The local potters make images of various body parts like her arms, legs, face decked with ornaments and weapons.
A daughter's feelings have a special place in the Punjabi folk songs in which she address to his father asking to find her a better home, good people (in-laws) and many more. By length and mood, the different kinds of songs includes Suhag, [ 6 ] Ghorhian, Bolian, [ 7 ] Tappe, [ 8 ] Sithnian, [ 9 ] Chhand, [ 10 ] Heara, Lorian etc. [ 2 ] [ 4 ]
Punjabi culture grew out of the settlements along the five rivers (the name Punjab, is derived from two Persian words, Panj meaning "Five" and Âb meaning "Water") which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley civilization, dating back to 3000 BCE. [1]
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Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, [g] is an Indo-Aryan language natively spoken by the Punjabi people. Punjabi is the most popular first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 million native speakers as per the 2017 census , and the 11th most popular in India, with 31.1 million native speakers, as per the 2011 census .
Phulkari embroidery for a Punjabi wedding in the U.S., 2019. Engagement is a significant part of a Punjabi wedding. First, the girl is draped with a phulkari (very decorative dupatta), which is usually very ornate. In some families this chunni is a family heirloom, passed down from generation to generation. She is also presented with jewellery ...
A lion cub confiscated from Pakistani YouTube star Rajab Butt, is pictured at a safari zoo in Lahore on January 28, 2025. / Credit: ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images
Giddha displays a traditional mode of performing Punjabi femininity, as seen through dress, choreography, and language. [7] While the form of giddha was not seriously affected by Partition of India, Gibb Schreffler writes that it has been classified as the women's dance counterpart to the male form bhangra, despite that not entirely being the case.