August 20, 2011

MY PUNJAB MY CULTURE




Culture of Punjab
The Culture of Punjab is really unique in itself. It 
resembles with no other culture in the world. But 
still it has all the good points found in many cultures
 all over the World. Punjabi Culture is though 
not complex but very simple, still it have several 
unique points in it. It is really unique, warm, 
hospitable, humorous, aggressive, lovable, colorful,
 enjoyable and full of taste.
Punjabi literature

Folklore, ballads of love and war, fairs and festivals,
 dancing, music, andPunjabi literature are characteristic 
expressions of the state's cultural life. The origins of 
Punjabi literature are the mystical and religious verse
 of the 13th-century Muslim Sufi (mystic) Shaikh Farid 
and of the 15th-16th-century Baba Nanak, founder of the Sikh faith, who were
 the first to use Punjabi extensively as a medium of poetic expression.

Punjabi Food
Punjabi food is famous all over the world. 
Punjabis spend much on their food and they are 
stronger than others. The main food to which
 any Punjabi can’t resist themselves includes 
“Makki Di Roti”, “Sarson Da Saag”, 
Chatti Di Lassi”, "Aloo Da Parantha”, 
Gobi Da Parantha”, “Poori Sholey”, “Kheer”, 
Ghee Shakar”,“Alsi Di Pinni”. The list is 
unlimited when it comes for Punjabi Food. In Punjab,
 Punjabi Dhabas can be found all over on the highway 
full of crowd anytime.

Punjabis are always aggressive and they are known all over the world. If they once decide
to do a thing they leave no stone unturned until they reach their goal.Punjabis are
 really warm people. A Punjabi, even if he meets someone for the first time, he meets him 
with the warmth and respect which is generated from his heart and can be felt by the heart.
Even words cannot explain the Hospitality shown by Punjabis because they treat the guest
before their own self. InPunjab guest are compared with the God.

GOLDEN TEMPLE
Punjabis are always secular. They are respectful to all
 religion. The example of it is the four doors of the
 GOLDEN TEMPLE in Amritsar which was made to 
keep it open for persons belonging to all religions from 
all the four directions. Punjabis are Patriotic. The
 History is full of many examples where Punjabis have 
laid their lives for the up liftment and maintenance
 of glory of the country.Punjabis volunteer themselves
 immediately to do any burrito they like. They do not 
waste any time in thinking it over again and again and 
they do not fear for the adverse consequences of the same. Punjabis always positively initiate
 to undertake their responsibility. "Chak de Phatte" is the Mantra by which they perform 
even sometimes otherwise thought to be impossible things to do.Punjabis are healthy people.
 Their healthy mind lives in their healthy bodies and they are famous for 'Kushti', 'Akhara'
and 'Kabaddi'. These are their favorite traditional sports.

Punjabi Culture
Punjabi Culture is incomplete without mentioning 
the Punjabi Folk. The bhangra, jhumar, and
 sammi are the popular dance forms. TheGiddha, a
 native Punjabi form, is a humorous song-dance
 performed by juices. In addition to Sikh religious
 music, semiclassical Mughal forms, such as the khayal, 
thumri, ghazal, and qawwali, continue to be popular.
Folk Songs includes world famous songs like ‘Lohri’
, ‘Heer-Ranjha’, ’Mirza-Sahiba’, ‘Sasi-Punnu’, ’Jugni’
, ‘Das Main Ki Piar Ch Khatia’, ’Laddu Kha Ke 
Turdi Bani’, ’Juti Qasoori’, ‘Doli Chardiyan’, ‘Long Gowacha’. Punjabi folk is so rich it 
can’t be completed in words. The Punjabi’s Famous Folk Singers includes ‘Yamla Jatt’,
 ‘Surinder Kaur’, ’Kuldeep Manak’, ‘Hans Raj Hans’.

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