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Punjab History - Our roots
TheStig:
To add to that:
Religions in Indian Punjab:
Indian Punjab has a almost all the religion people residing in it.
Sikhism and Hinduism is the major religion in the Punjab.The numbers of Christians and Muslims living in Punjab are about the same but not as much as compared to Hindu and Sikh communites.
There are number of Jains,buddhists and others as a part of Punjab.
Culture:
Ancient Punjabis' were renowned for their architectural excellence and gave their civilization a highly distinct look with baked-brick urban architecture.
Ancient Punjabis' enjoyed and were fascinated with games, this is supported by the very large number of games artefacts, such as dice, excavated by archaeologists
Punjabi Music and Dance
Bhangra is the traditional dance of Punjab and which you can see people performing at all the main festivals in Punjab. Music that goes with this type of dance is Punjabi folk music which is now a days popular as the Genre "Bhangra"
Bhangra Music is one of the many Punjabi musical art forms that is increasingly being listened to in the west and is becoming a mainstream favourite.Punjabi music is being used by western musicians, in many ways, such as mixing it with other compositions to produce award-winning music
Punjabi Poetry
Punjabi Poetry is renowned for its extremely deep meaning, beautiful, exciting and hopeful use of words.The poetry is one of the deepest insights into the Punjabi mindset. The large number of Punjabi poetry masterpieces are being translated throughout the world into many languages.
PUNJABI lion:
=D> gud rahul veer
Jhanda_Amli:
Now just to look back at who were the first one in Punjab
We go back to 3000 BC
First known People are: The Aborigines of Punjab
It is generally accepted that the aborigines lived in caves and on the marshes of river banks. Their language was simple, they lived in small numbers and in isolated communities, and they generally wore animal skin to cover their bodies. Larger groups formed small tribes and became owners of flocks. The aborigines had little knowledge of the properties of metals, and used stones, clubs, and spears as hunting weapons.
Second one is: Indus Valley Civilization (dated 3000 BC)
- it was thought to have been confined to the valley of the river Indus
- it was a highly developed towns, Mohenjodaro and Harappa, represent the high watermark of the settlements
- By about 1700 BC, the Harappan culture was on the decline, due to repeated flooding of towns located on the river banks and ecological changes which forced agriculture to yield to the spreading desert
MORE TO COME
LondonPunjabi:
My mother the language, Punjabi.
My father the land, Punjab
It will rise again.
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Kudrat Kaur:
Whao..nice thread..I Like dances..So little bit about that..
Punjabi Folk dances Origin is still not revealed...Like Theses dances r centuries old..Its histoy can be discovered from RIG VEDA too..where u can read about dances performed by pairs in circle as We do In Gidha.and others.
Even Bhangra is pleaseantry dance but its roots rhave been linked to Lord Shiva, Dravidian Culture..Rest like Sammi is linked to worship of fire..SAMMI means- Tree of Jand..in Ancient time Hindus believed that fire result from rubbing Sammi scared...So In ancient time Fire was worshiped as god And SAMMI was used to perform around Tree Of Jand to make God Happy..this conception can be varified from these lines as
"SAMMI MERE WANAAH DI"
So this is about very ancient times..very traditional origin..Rest there is lot about modern history..I have lot to talk about this..but would like to discuss in my another post..PUNJABI FOLK DANCES :happy:
In the last Main Folk Dances Of punjab..
Gidha, Bhangra, Kikli, Jhumar, Malawi Gidha, Dhamal, Dandas, Sammi, Ludi,Juli, Jago, Teeyan.. :happy: :balle:
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