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Giddha, the Glossary

Giddha (گدها, ਗਿੱਧਾ) is a popular folk dance of women in the Punjab region.^[1]

11 relations: Ancient history, Bhangra (dance), Call and response, Dhol, East Punjab, Elegance, Folk dance, Partition of India, Punjab, Punjabi diaspora, West Punjab.
Folk dances of Punjab

Ancient history

Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity.

Bhangra (dance)

Bhangra is a type of traditional folk dance of Punjab area of the Indian subcontinent. Giddha and Bhangra (dance) are folk dances of Punjab.

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Call and response

Call and response is a form of interaction between a speaker and an audience in which the speaker's statements ("calls") are punctuated by responses from the listeners.

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Dhol

Dhol can refer to any one of a number of similar types of double-headed drum widely used, with regional variations, throughout the Indian subcontinent.

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East Punjab

East Punjab was a province of India from 1947 until 1950.

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Elegance

Elegance is beauty that shows unusual effectiveness and simplicity.

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Folk dance

A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region.

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The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent and the creation of two independent dominions in South Asia: India and Pakistan.

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Punjab

Punjab (also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is specifically located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern-Pakistan and northwestern-India.

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Punjabi diaspora

The Punjabi diaspora consists of the descendants of ethnic Punjabis who emigrated out of the Punjab region in the northern part of the South Asia to the rest of the world.

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