Eid celebrations in Punjabi communities
Rawalpindi and Malerkotla reports place Eid among night markets, cemetery visits and shared prayers, while a dated rail plan records holiday travel needs.
Rawalpindi; Malerkotla; Punjab routes
Culture in everyday life
Culture.
Textiles, performance, food and literature as living, changing traditions.
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Gajak and regional sweet trades: winter workshops, gifts and variations
Reporting from Ludhiana and the wider region, a named peanut preparation and the Morena registry record show a sweet traded and adapted across several places.
Punjab within wider North and Central Indian sweet trades
Gatka
A June 2025 Gatka code distinguishes competition categories and demonstrations. Read that specific framework alongside dated scheme and university records.
Punjab; Chandigarh; Jalandhar
Ghorian songs: praise, kinship and the groom
Read Ghorian through descriptions of wedding preparations, an 1888 printed example and devotional interpretation, keeping each setting and source distinct.
Punjab
Giddha: dance, boliyan and changing performance spaces
Sung verse and movement make giddha a collective performance. Arts documentation, an anthropological essay and festival rules show different ways it is practised and interpreted.
Punjab and diaspora performance spaces
Gulli danda
An undated federation description explains gulli danda through two wooden pieces, catching and distance scoring, while acknowledging locally varying rules.
Mohla, Gujrat; Jalandhar
Gur and jaggery making: cane juice, furnaces and farm enterprise
Crushing, clarification and concentration turn cane juice into gur. A Rahon processing project and reporting from Faridkot show how fuel, equipment and market form shape Punjabi production.
Punjab within wider sugarcane-processing regions
Gurmat sangeet: music, study and teaching
Explore a debated musical term through Sikh musicology and the teaching programmes of Patiala and Chandigarh.
Patiala and Chandigarh; Sikh musical study
Gurpurab observances in Punjab
An institutional guide and dated Amritsar and Nankana programmes connect Gurpurab readings, processions, music and the practical reception of pilgrims.
Amritsar; Nankana Sahib; Lahore
Haveli architecture in Punjab
A Lahore study follows spaces beside Nau Nihal Singh’s haveli, showing how a mansion’s street edge connects with a mixed-use urban neighbourhood.
Punjab
Heer Ranjha: a literary tradition across text, translation and voice
Waris Shah’s Heer survives through editions, performances and translations. Its public importance does not remove questions about textual transmission or make every telling identical.
Punjab across borders; contemporary Lahore literary institutions
Heer singing: melody, commentary and public stages
A singer’s recollections, an Indonesian tour report and a Lahore competition announcement reveal different settings for Heer singing.
Punjab and Punjabi migration; documented performances in Indonesia
Hola Mohalla
Dated Hola Mohalla accounts connect Kiratpur and Anandpur with roadside service, volunteer choices and the coordination of supplies for langar kitchens.
Kiratpur; Anandpur; Jalandhar route
Hospitality in Punjabi oral culture
Conversation analysis and a Jhang ethnography explore hospitality through offers, relationships and the work of making a place for an arriving guest.
Jhang; Pakistan
Iktara traditions: one string, different instruments
Compare one-string names and constructions through museum descriptions and a documented Punjabi devotional performer.
Punjab; comparative museum example from Bengal or Orissa
Jhumar: drummers, circles and a changing dance
Regional descriptions, revival research and university rules show several forms of jhumar rather than one unchanged routine.
Historical western Punjab; modern performance in Indian Punjab
Jugni: travelling voices and devotional reinvention
Follow Jugni’s city-travelling heroine, the Lohars’ devotional repertoire and Meesha Shafi’s account of a contemporary collaboration.
Punjab; Lahore and international recorded/concert circulation
Kabaddi in Punjab
A GNDU women’s camp letter connects college teams with coaching and selection. Read how dated records describe different kabaddi settings across Punjab.
Lahore; Gujrat; Rawalpindi/Islamabad; Amritsar
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