Culture in everyday life
Textiles, performance, food and literature as living, changing traditions.
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Vaisakhi connects a Punjabi harvest festival with the Sikh commemoration of the Khalsa’s inauguration in 1699. Dated British events show how that remembrance also takes civic forms.
Chhapar and Jarg reports reveal village fairs as organised gatherings where performance, visitor provision, local contributions and public platforms meet.
A Mahsa Tibba village survey records residents using a neighbouring well during repairs, showing how access to water depended on specific social relationships.
A dated village account, a toolmaker’s memories and a chef’s family recollections reveal different food relationships around Punjab’s wheat harvest.
A Bhati Gate field study records Lahore’s wooden balconies as assemblies of carved openings, louvers and balustrades, altered by paint and street use.
Ajaz Anwar’s Lahore recollections place wrestling pits, trainers and contest publicity together, offering a view of akhara learning and spectatorship.
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