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Museums
in Punjab -Punjab
museums possess an extensive range of paintings and sculptures
by contemporary Indian artists as well as a collection of
Indian miniatures of the Mughal Rajsathani, Pahari and Sikh
schools. The museums also house a fine collection of medals,
arm and armours, objects of princely states with sections on
Archaeology, Anthropology, Tribal and folk arts depicting
different concepts and scopes in the patterns of Art and
Culture. |
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The
art
&
craft
of
Punjab
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Art
is described as a creation or expression of something beautiful
especially in a visual form and Arts and Crafts as a
phrase means
decorative designs and handicrafts. In this field, also, Punjab has the
hoary and distinguished tradition which its people have maintained in
spite of vicissitudes of time.
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| Traditional
dress
of
Punjab
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A generation ago, the
turban was the "crowning glory" of all Punjabis whether Muslim, Hindu or
Sikh. Muslims and Hindus have given up their turbans, but it
remains, literally, an article of faith for Sikh
men whose religion forbids them to cut their hair. |
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Marriages
in Punjab - As in every
society, Punjabi society has its traditions to mark every stage of life
from birth to death. Perhaps no other life-event is more surrounded by
tradition than marriage. |
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Punjab - Rig-Veda, the
oldest book in the world, mentions ornaments worn by the gods. Rudra, a
Vedic deity, is described as "shining with brilliant gold ornaments" and
"wearing" an adorable, uniform necklace". |
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Rural
Sports in Punjab
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In
villages which formed the first habitation of civilised man rural
sports grew out of sheer necessity. The need for cultivating individual strength for labour on the fields, the
interdependence within the community and need of
defence, joint defence
against onslaughts of a common foe and dangerous animals must have given
birth to sports like wrestling, running, jumping, weightlifting and such
performing arts as of measuring strength by holding wrists, twisting
hands.
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| Museum
of rural life
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The
Museum
of
Rural
life
of
Punjab
in
the
campus
of
the
Punjab
Agricultural
University
is
one
of
the
must-sees
for
any
tourist
of
Punjab.
This
museum
displays
the
Punjabi
Culture
to
its
best. |
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Punjabi
Language
Punjabi is a
intercontinental language. Its speakers are spread all over the world.
The natives of Punjab region of India and Pakistan speak this language.
Basically the Punjabi is the language of Punjab.
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Rural Games and
Toys - People of Punjab entertain themselves
in a variety of ways. These include games, dhangals (wrestling bouts), folk
songs and dances, kite flying, cock fights, etc
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The
Traditional
Hospitality
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The culture of Punjab, from among the cultures of the world,
has its own unique fragrance. It is unmatched. The scent of this fertile
land is such in which the warmth of you-are-my-own is inborn.
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Heritage & Promotion of Understanding in Punjab
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Punjab-
one
of
the
frontier
states
of
northern
India,
is
one
area
that
has
had
to
contend
with
the
issue
of
identity
to
the
very
limits
of
tolerance
due
to
the
realities
of
a
past
fractured
by
innumerable
invasions
and
acts
of
violence.
Each
invasion
forced
upon
this
land
a
physical
distortion
of
its
boundaries
and
left
behind
a
new
set
of
bruises
to
its
identity. |
The
Common Cultural Heritage Of Punjab
While
the euphoria of the 50th anniversary of the creation of
Pakistan and India is over, we need to take stock of where we
stand today vis-à-vis our relationship with people across the
border |
| Punjab-
an endangered heritage
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With
only
29
monuments
out
of
the
hundreds
in
Punjab
falling
under
the
protected
list,
conservationists
lament
that
the
state's
heritage
is
in
a
serious
state
of
neglect,
endangering
not
only
many
unique
relics
but
also
giving
rise
to
misplaced
enthusiasm
for
renovation
and
reconstruction. |
Who
are Punjabis ? Our past, present & future as a community
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Illustrious
and
brave
Punjabis
have
shown
their
skills,
style
and
ingenious
quality
on
every
single
area
of
work
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wherever
they
are
involved.
Punjabis
are
in
fact,
the
top
most
and
most
emancipated
community
of
India
and
we
together
have
influenced
India's
overall
life
in
many
ways.
Punjabis
dominate
the
states
of
Punjab,
Himachal,
Haryana,
Delhi
and
many
principal
metropolitan
areas.
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| Heer Waris
Shah
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In
the
tradition
of
Punjabi
Qissa
poetry
the
arrival
of
Waris
Shah
was
an
epoch
making
event,
which
changed
the
status,
tone
and
tenor
of
Punjabi
poetry.
More
than
any
other
poet,
it
is
Waris
Shah
alone
who
made
Punjabi
language
enter
every
heart
and
hearth
of
Punjab. |
| Asian
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African
Heritage
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Many
Asian
African
families
have
been
settled
on
the
Coast,
Lamu,
Pate,
Malindi,
Mombasa,
Pemba,
Zanaibar,
Bagamoyo
and
Dar-es-Salaam
from
the
1820s
and
earlier;
but
the
development
of
our
Asian
African
minority
as
we
know
it
today
emerges
from
the
1880s. |
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| Musical
Measures
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Comprising
1430
standard
pages
Guru
Granth
Sahib
is
installed
in
all
the
Gurdwaras
at
a
central
place
so
that
it
could
be
easily
visible
to
the
holy
congregation
assembled
around.
The
collection
of
hymns
in
the
Guru
Granth
Sahib
is
placed
under
thirty
one
musical
measures
(ragas)
of
Indian
classical
musical
lore |
The
Indian daispora
The
Indian diaspora today constitutes an important, and in some
respects unique, force in world culture. The origins of the
modern Indian diaspora lie mainly in the subjugation of
India by the British and its incorporation into the British
empire.
Reflections
on the Indian diaspora
President Shankar Dayal Sharma paid an official
visit to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and later in August the
University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad, hosted a major,
nearly ten-days long, conference on the worldwide Indian Diaspora.
The Future of Indians in the
Diaspora
Though Indians lived under conditions of appalling
poverty in many places of the world where they were first taken as
indentured labor, a number of remarkable transformations were effected
over two or three generations.
Indian Culture and Its Transformations in
Trinidad
When one thinks of the Indian presence in the
Caribbean, a number of people at once come to mind. In the cricketing
world, the names of Sonny Ramdhin, Alvin Kallicharan, and most of all
Rohan Kanhai are not easily forgotten; in the political realm, there is
Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana, and Shridath Ramphal, who for many
years was the Commonwealth Secretary-General.
A Political History of Asian Indians
in the United States
The first significant presence of Indians in the
United States can be traced to exactly one hundred years ago, when
peasants from the province of Punjab began appearing on the west coast,
seeking work in Washington’s lumber mills and California’s vast
agricultural fields.
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Overview of the South Asian Diaspora
Abolition of slavery
in the European colonies of the Western hemisphere between 1834 and 1873 created
the need for a new source of labor. In areas where land was scarce, such as the
Caribbean Islands, newly freed slaves were forced back to work on the
plantations. In areas where land was plentiful, such as Guyana, Surinam, and
Trinidad, former slaves took up independent subsistence farming. The need for
plantation workers was supplied in part by the system of indentured labor.
Natives of India agreed to work for a fixed number of years in one of the
colonies in exchange for a meager wage, plus room and board.
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