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Anand Karaj ( Punjabi: ਅਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ ānada kāraja) is the Sikh wedding ceremony, meaning "Act towards happiness" or "Act towards happy life", that was introduced by Guru Amar Das. The four laavaan (hymns which take place during the ceremony) were composed by his successor, Guru Ram Das. Although the recitation of Guru Amar Das ...
The word sangeet is Sanskrit for "sung together." A sangeet ceremony is a traditional Punjabi and North Indian prewedding ceremony involving lots of festive dancing and celebratory songs. According to Sen, "it is traditionally recognized as a prewedding custom only in many parts of North India.
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] Agriculture has been the major economic feature ...
t. e. The laava phere (Punjabi: ਲਾਵਾਂ ਫੇਰੇ ( Gurmukhi); singular laav; ਲਾਵਾਂ), also known as Lavan [1], are the four hymns of the Anand Karaj ( Sikh wedding ceremony) which form the main part of this ceremony. The four hymns are from the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scriptures and appear on Ang 773 to 774 of the ...
Mayian. A Sikh family during the Batna ceremony. Mayian, also known as Maiyun, Haldi, or Ubtan, is the term used for the preparation ceremony one day before Punjabi weddings of India and Pakistan. This ceremony is a late afternoon or early evening festival, [1] at the couple's parental homes. It consists of many rites, including the Batna ...
English: Jaimala/Varmala of Punjabi Wedding: After Milni, the bride and groom come in the center of the circle where the family is standing, and place a heavily made garland made of flowers- varmala on each other to state, they accept each other and will love and live together with one another. Friends and relatives of the bride and groom ...
The major language is Punjabi, which is written in India with the Gurmukhi script, and in Pakistan using the Shahmukhi script. [119] The Punjabi language has official status and is widely used in education and administration in Indian Punjab, whereas in Pakistani Punjab these roles are instead fulfilled by the Urdu language.
The Punjabis ( Punjabi: پنجابی ( Shahmukhi); ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ( Gurmukhi); romanised as Panjābī) [26] [27] are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group [28] associated with the Punjab region, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. [29] They generally speak Standard Punjabi or various Punjabi dialects on both sides.