Folk music of Punjab
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Punjabi folk music is the traditional music on the traditional musical instruments of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. There is a great repertoire of music from the time of birth through
Two wandering jogis from Punjab, ca.1875
Photograph of a folk-musician performing at a square in Amritsar, taken by Annemarie Schwarzenbach, ca.1939–40
Two dhols
Punjabi folklore
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Punjabi folklore is a core part of the Punjabi culture. Other important components of Punjabi folklore are farces, anecdotes, idioms, folktales, and sayings.
Folios of a manuscript of Heer Waris Shah (Waris Shah's version of the Heer-Ranjha folktale), circa 19th century
Depiction of Raja Rasalu beating Raja Sirikap in a game of chaupat (pasa), original sketch from a Punjabi storybook, reproduced by Charles Swynnerton in 'The Adventures of the Panjáb Hero Rájá Rasálu, and Other Folk-Tales of the Panjáb' (1884)
Book cover of Tales of the Punjab by Flora Annie Steel