THE LAND OF PUNJABTHE LAND OF PUNJAB THE LAND OF PUNJAB WHICH IS THE LAND OF PUNJAB WHICH IS

DESCRIBED AS THE LAND OF DESCRIBED AS THE LAND OF GURUS,PIRS AND WARRIORS, AS GURUS,PIRS AND WARRIORS, AS A MATTER OF FAITH BELIEVES IN A MATTER OF FAITH BELIEVES IN EARNING HONEST LIVING EARNING HONEST LIVING THROUGH HARD LABOUR AND IN THROUGH HARD LABOUR AND IN SHARING THE FRUITS OF THIS SHARING THE FRUITS OF THIS LABOUR WITH OTHERS WITHOUT LABOUR WITH OTHERS WITHOUT EXPECTING ANY RETURNS. EXPECTING ANY RETURNS.

GREEN FIELDS,FIELDS WITH GREEN FIELDS,FIELDS WITH CROPS AND TRACTORS BUSY CROPS AND TRACTORS BUSY WITH WORK.PUNJAB PRESENTS A WITH WORK.PUNJAB PRESENTS A PRETTY PICTURE OF A PRETTY PICTURE OF A PROSPEROUS FARM LIFE.THE PROSPEROUS FARM LIFE.THE CULTURE OF PUNJAB FROM CULTURE OF PUNJAB FROM AMONG THE CULTURES OF THE AMONG THE CULTURES OF THE WORLD HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE WORLD HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE FRAGRANCE THAT IS FRAGRANCE THAT IS UNMATCHED.UNMATCHED.

PUNJABISPUNJABIS THE PEOPLE OF PUNJAB ARE THE PEOPLE OF PUNJAB ARE

CALLED ‘PUNJABIS’ AND THEY CALLED ‘PUNJABIS’ AND THEY SPEAK A LANGUAGE CALLED SPEAK A LANGUAGE CALLED PUNJABI.ENTERPRISE AND PUNJABI.ENTERPRISE AND ENDEVOR-THESE TWO WORDS ENDEVOR-THESE TWO WORDS SYMBOLISE THE ESSENTIAL SYMBOLISE THE ESSENTIAL SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE OF SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE OF PUNJAB.PUNJAB.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE ARE HARD WORKING AND ARE HARD WORKING AND TAKE LIFE AS IT COMES. TAKE LIFE AS IT COMES. MUSIC AND DANCE IS IN THEIR MUSIC AND DANCE IS IN THEIR BLOOD AND IS REFLECTED IN BLOOD AND IS REFLECTED IN THE BHANGRA BEATS THAT THE BHANGRA BEATS THAT ARE FAMOUS ALL OVER THE ARE FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD TODAY.BIG HEARTED WORLD TODAY.BIG HEARTED AND HARD WORKING AND HARD WORKING PUNJABIS MADE PUNJAB A PUNJABIS MADE PUNJAB A JEWEL IN THE BEAUTIFUL JEWEL IN THE BEAUTIFUL CROWN OF INDIA.CROWN OF INDIA.

PUNJABI FOODPUNJABI FOOD PUNJABI FOOD CAN BE PUNJABI FOOD CAN BE

EITHER NON-VEGETARIAN EITHER NON-VEGETARIAN OR COMPLETELY OR COMPLETELY VEGETARIAN.ONE OF THE VEGETARIAN.ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF MAIN FEATURES OF PUNJABI FOOD IS ITS PUNJABI FOOD IS ITS DIVERSE RANGE OF DIVERSE RANGE OF DISHES.PUNJABIS LOVE A DISHES.PUNJABIS LOVE A LOT OF BUTTER LOT OF BUTTER POPULARLY KNOWN AS POPULARLY KNOWN AS GHEE IN THEIR GHEE IN THEIR FOOD.SPICES ARE USED FOOD.SPICES ARE USED FOR FLAVOURING THE FOR FLAVOURING THE FOOD. AT SPECIAL FOOD. AT SPECIAL OCCASIONS ROH DI KHEER OCCASIONS ROH DI KHEER IS COOKED USING IS COOKED USING RICE.BUT WITHIN THE RICE.BUT WITHIN THE STATE THERE ARE STATE THERE ARE DIFFERENT PREFERENCES.DIFFERENT PREFERENCES.

FOOD PREFERENCESFOOD PREFERENCES PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF

AMRITSAR PREFER AMRITSAR PREFER STUFFED PARANTHAS AND STUFFED PARANTHAS AND MILK PRODUCTS.CERTAIN MILK PRODUCTS.CERTAIN DISHES THAT ARE DISHES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVE TO PUNJAB EXCLUSIVE TO PUNJAB ARE MAH DI DAL AND ARE MAH DI DAL AND SARON DA SAAG.THE MAIN SARON DA SAAG.THE MAIN MASALAS IN THE PUNJABI MASALAS IN THE PUNJABI DISHES ARE ONION,GARLIC DISHES ARE ONION,GARLIC AND GINGER. TANDOORI AND GINGER. TANDOORI CHICKEN IS A SPECIALITY CHICKEN IS A SPECIALITY WHEN IT COMES TO NON-WHEN IT COMES TO NON-VEG DISHES.VEG DISHES.

THE MAIN INGREDIENT OF THE MAIN INGREDIENT OF ALL PUNJABI DISHES ARE ALL PUNJABI DISHES ARE THE SPICES ADDED TO THE THE SPICES ADDED TO THE FOOD THAT ADD EXTRA FOOD THAT ADD EXTRA FLAVOUR TO THE FOOD FLAVOUR TO THE FOOD TO MAKE IT DELICIOUS.TO MAKE IT DELICIOUS.

ADORABLE MUTIARSADORABLE MUTIARS THE GIRLS OF PUNJAB ARE THE GIRLS OF PUNJAB ARE

POPULARLY KNOWN AS POPULARLY KNOWN AS ‘MUTIARS’ OR PUNJABANS. ‘MUTIARS’ OR PUNJABANS. THE POPULAR FOLK DANCE THE POPULAR FOLK DANCE OF PUNJAB KNOWN AS THE OF PUNJAB KNOWN AS THE GIDDA IS PREFORMED BY GIDDA IS PREFORMED BY THESE MUTIARS. THEY DRESS THESE MUTIARS. THEY DRESS UP IN HEAVY JEWELLERY AND UP IN HEAVY JEWELLERY AND BRIGHT MAKEUP.ALONG WITH BRIGHT MAKEUP.ALONG WITH DANCING,THESE GIRLS DANCING,THESE GIRLS RECITE SONGS KNOWN AS RECITE SONGS KNOWN AS BOLIYAN. THEY DRESS UP IN BOLIYAN. THEY DRESS UP IN A TYPICAL PUNJABI DRESS A TYPICAL PUNJABI DRESS THAT INCLUDES SALWAR THAT INCLUDES SALWAR KAMEEZ,TRADITIONAL KAMEEZ,TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY AND COLOURFUL JEWELLERY AND COLOURFUL BANGLES THAT ADD TO THE BANGLES THAT ADD TO THE BEAUTY OF THESE BEAUTY OF THESE PUNJABANS.PUNJABANS.

BHANGRABHANGRA ANOTHER POPULAR FOLK ANOTHER POPULAR FOLK

DANCE OF PUNJAB IS DANCE OF PUNJAB IS BHANGRA THAT IS BHANGRA THAT IS PERFORMED BY THE PERFORMED BY THE GABRUS OF PUNJAB.THEY GABRUS OF PUNJAB.THEY DANCE AND FILL THE DANCE AND FILL THE PLACE WITH PLACE WITH JOY.BHANGRA IS A FORM JOY.BHANGRA IS A FORM OF DANCE THAT IS OF DANCE THAT IS POPULAR FOR ITS BEATS POPULAR FOR ITS BEATS AND LYRICSAND LYRICS

BHANGRA IS WHAT THAT BHANGRA IS WHAT THAT HAS MADE PUNJAB A HAS MADE PUNJAB A POPULAR STATE AND POPULAR STATE AND MORE THAN THAT A STATE MORE THAN THAT A STATE -THAT IS FULL OF LIFE AND -THAT IS FULL OF LIFE AND FULL OF ENTHUSIASM.FULL OF ENTHUSIASM.

THE SIKH GURUSTHE SIKH GURUS PUNJABIS FOLLOW SIKH PUNJABIS FOLLOW SIKH

RELIGION THAT CONSIDERED RELIGION THAT CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST EARLY AS ONE OF THE MOST EARLY RELIGIONS. THIS RELIGION RELIGIONS. THIS RELIGION WAS FOUNDED BY GURU WAS FOUNDED BY GURU NANAK DEV JI WHO BELIEVED NANAK DEV JI WHO BELIEVED THAT GOD IS ONE.THAT GOD IS ONE.

THERE ARE TEN GURUS IN THERE ARE TEN GURUS IN THIS RELIGION NAMELY- THIS RELIGION NAMELY- GURU NANAK DEV JI , GURU GURU NANAK DEV JI , GURU ANGAD DEV JI,GURU ANGAD DEV JI,GURU AMARDAS JI,GURU RAMDAS AMARDAS JI,GURU RAMDAS JI,GURU ARJAN DEV JI,GURU JI,GURU ARJAN DEV JI,GURU HAR RAI JI, GURU HAR RAI JI, GURU HARKRISHAN JI,GURGOBIND HARKRISHAN JI,GURGOBIND JI, GURU TEG BAHADUR JI, GURU TEG BAHADUR JI,GURU GOBIND SINGH JI. JI,GURU GOBIND SINGH JI. THE PRESENT GURU IS SAID THE PRESENT GURU IS SAID TO BE THE GURU GRANTH TO BE THE GURU GRANTH SAHIB THAT HAS ALL THE SAHIB THAT HAS ALL THE TEACHINGS OF ALL THESE TEACHINGS OF ALL THESE TEN GURUS.TEN GURUS.

THE GOLDEN TEMPLETHE GOLDEN TEMPLE PUNJAB IS FAMOUS ALL PUNJAB IS FAMOUS ALL

OVER ALSO BECAUSE OF OVER ALSO BECAUSE OF THE SACRED GOLDEN THE SACRED GOLDEN TEMPLE.THE GOLDEN TEMPLE.THE GOLDEN TEMPLE IN THE CITY OF TEMPLE IN THE CITY OF AMRITSAR IS ONE OF THE AMRITSAR IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SIGHTS THAT GREATEST SIGHTS THAT INDIA HAS TO OFFER.THIS INDIA HAS TO OFFER.THIS TEMPLE ALONE IS WORTH TEMPLE ALONE IS WORTH A TRIP TO AMRITSAR.THE A TRIP TO AMRITSAR.THE SIKHS WORSHIP HERE SIKHS WORSHIP HERE AND THIA TEMPLE IS OPEN AND THIA TEMPLE IS OPEN TO ALL VISITORS TO ALL VISITORS REGARDLESS OF REGARDLESS OF COMMUNITY, CASTE , COMMUNITY, CASTE , COLOUR, CREED AND COLOUR, CREED AND DIFFERENCES.DIFFERENCES.

PUNJAB AND PUNJAB AND WESTERNISATIONWESTERNISATION

PUNJAB CULTURE AND HERITAGE PUNJAB CULTURE AND HERITAGE IS ONE OF THE MOST RICH IS ONE OF THE MOST RICH CULTURES . BUT SADLY IT IS CULTURES . BUT SADLY IT IS BEING AFFECTED BY BEING AFFECTED BY WESTERNISATION .THE TERM WESTERNISATION .THE TERM WESTERNISATION MEANS WESTERNISATION MEANS ADOPTING THE WESTERN ADOPTING THE WESTERN CULTURE AND GIVING UP YOUR CULTURE AND GIVING UP YOUR CULTURE.THESE DAYS ALMOST CULTURE.THESE DAYS ALMOST ALL PUNJABIS ARE ADOPTING ALL PUNJABIS ARE ADOPTING THIS TREND. IF THIS CONTINUES THIS TREND. IF THIS CONTINUES THEN PERHAPS THIS CULTURE THEN PERHAPS THIS CULTURE WOULD FADE AWAY. THIS WOULD FADE AWAY. THIS CULTURE HAS GIVEN ALL OF US CULTURE HAS GIVEN ALL OF US PUNJABIS SO MUCH. SO ITS TIME PUNJABIS SO MUCH. SO ITS TIME TO DO SOMETHING FOR IT.THE TO DO SOMETHING FOR IT.THE GIRLS OF PUNJAB HAVE BECOME GIRLS OF PUNJAB HAVE BECOME TOO MODERN TO EVEN TOO MODERN TO EVEN UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN CULTURE AND THE BOYS OF CULTURE AND THE BOYS OF PUNJAB ARE MIGRATING TO PUNJAB ARE MIGRATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES LEAVING FOREIGN COUNTRIES LEAVING BACK THEIR PARENTS AND BACK THEIR PARENTS AND FAMILY. FAMILY.

PUNJAB AND PUNJAB AND WESTERNISATIONWESTERNISATION

WE SHOULD NOT GIVE UP OUR CULTURE AND ADOPT OTHER CULTURES TO BECOME MODERN.ONE SHOULD HAVE MODERN THINKING TO LIVE IN THIS CONTEMPERORY WORLD BUT ONE SHOULD NOT COMPLETELY BECOME BLIND IN FRONT OF MODERNISATION. WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE CULTURE OF PUNJAB SO THAT THE COMING GENERATION IS NOT DEPRIVED OF THIS UNIQUE CULTURE THAT HAS ITS OWN ESSENCE.