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The seasonal festival involves women and girls dancing Gidha and visiting family. The festival is observed in Punjab, India as a cultural festival by all communities. The festival is celebrated during the monsoon season from the third day of the lunar month of Sawan on the bright half, up to the full moon of sawan, by women. Married women go to ...
Lohri is a popular winter Dogra [2] [3] and Punjabi [4] folk festival celebrated primarily in Northern India and in the Punjab region located in Pakistan. [note 1] The significance and legends about the Lohri festival are many and these link the festival to the Duggar region [2] and Punjab region. [6]
Various festivals in rural Punjab Bull cart races feature in Besakhi fairs Baisakhi is also called Vaisakhi and Besakhi. It is a harvest festival celebrated when the rabi crop is ready for harvesting. The harvesting is started with folk music and dancing such as bhangra [36] which is performed with zeal at rural melas. [37]
Teeyan (Punjabi: ਤੀਆਂ), also known as Teeyan Da Teohar (trans: the festival of women) or Teej, is a festival celebrated throughout Punjab which is dedicated to the onset of the monsoon [1] and focuses on daughters [2] [3] sisters, and mothers.
Major Hindu Punjabi Festival Date Observed (from year to year dates vary) Description Maghi: January 14: This festival commemorates Uttarayan and is the Punjabi name for Makara Sankranti. [2] Holi: March/Phalgun Purnima: Spring festival of colours. [3] [4] Rama Navami: Chaitra: Celebrates birth of Lord Rama. [4] [5] Hanuman Jayanti: March ...
The biggest, or perhaps the best known festival is that of Jashn-e-Baharaan held in February each year. It is a Punjabi festival celebrating the onset of the spring season, also called the Basant Festival of kites. This festival is celebrated with kite flying competitions all over the city, especially in the Walled City area. Every year the sky ...
Mela Chiraghan or Mela Shalimar (Punjabi: میلہ چراغاں; "Festival of Lights") is a three-day annual festival to mark the urs (death anniversary) of the Punjabi poet and Sufi saint Shah Hussain (1538 – 1599) who lived in Lahore in the 16th century. [1]
The festival of Basant is celebrated across Malwa, Punjab [9] where people organize gatherings to fly kites. In areas such as Firozpur , children generally fly kites to mark the auspicious occasion. A large fair is organised on the day of Basant Panchmi in the Shiva temple of Bansari and Gudri which is located in Dhuri , Sangrur district.