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Due to the large area with many sub-regions, the folk music has minor lingual differences but invokes the same feelings. The sub-regions, Malwa, Doaba, Majha, Pothohar, and hills areas, have numerous folk songs. [4] Punjabi dance OP Bhangra music which is a genre of Punjabi modern music invented in Britain by the Punjabi diaspora.
Folk music of the Punjab is the traditional music of Punjab produced using traditional musical instruments like Tumba, Algoza, Dhadd, Sarangi, Chimta and more. There is a wide range of folk songs for every occasion from birth to death including marriage, festivals, fairs and religious ceremonies.
Punjabi folk music (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਲੋਕ ਸੰਗੀਤ (); پنجابی لوک موسیقی ()) has a wide range of traditional musical instruments used in folk music and dances like Bhangra, Giddha etc. [1] [2] [3] Some of the instruments are rare in use and to find even.
Folk instruments of Punjab (12 P) Pages in category "Punjabi folk music" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Punjabi folk music (2 C, 7 P) M. Punjabi musicians (8 C, 7 P) Musicians from Punjab, India (4 C, 11 P) S. Songs in Punjabi (1 C, 42 P) Pages in category "Punjabi music"
This is an alphabetical list of notable Punjabi singers. These vocal artists are from the Indian and Pakistani state of Punjab ; some belong to the immigrant population living abroad in the United Kingdom, North America and Africa.
The roots of modern bhangra music date back to the Sikh Punjabi community in Punjab during the 1960s. An early pop music and modern recording group of this type of music in the United Kingdom was Bhujhangy Group, founded by Tarlochan Singh Bilga, Balbir Singh Khanpur, Gurpal, Rajinder Dhona and Dalvir Kahanpuri in Birmingham in 1971. [1]
Kavishari or kavishri (Punjabi: ਕਵੀਸ਼ਰੀ) is a style of Punjabi folk music entailing energetic and dynamic a cappella singing. [1] It was originated in the Malwa region of Punjab as a sung form of "Chhand-Baddh" kavita (poetry). [1] [2] A performer or writer of kavishari is known as a kavishar (Punjabi: ਕਵੀਸ਼ਰ). [3]