Exercise for flat Punjabi stomach

Choontey MayaaN
June JulaayaaN

It works.

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K Imm try it....

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punjabi stomach? whaaa?

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LOL.

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Choontey?

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Southie, basically it's leg crunches except that you balance a kid on your legs and sing, choontey maayaaN

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Acha.

So u meant Jhool Jhulaiyyan

Coincidentally it read May June July - aaN. So threw me off! I thought we are in May..next 2 months june and july. What r the odds!

Now I got to find a toddler to complete the workout

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oihhhh jhoolay mayaan!

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What does Choontey MayaaN even mean?

My MIL is always singing this phrase to my daughter! And now my daughter has started saying it too...LOL!

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Lol! Choontay means swinging in punjabi I think?

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jhooley in punjabi = choontey

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Lmao. I have also only heard of jhoolay like Sara. But I got what you meant. Immediately got the image of a mom doing child leg-raises.

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is it same as we have in Urdu/Hindi:

ghanTaa manaiyaa
kauRii rupaiyaa
aap khaayeN thaali meN
muune ko deN pyaali meN
pyaali gaii TooT
munna gayaa rooTh

billii aayii
hag gaii
moot gaii
bille kii baraat jaatii hai

dhuRoo dhuRooo dhuRoo [music, trumpet]

i used to do that to my nieces and nephews. i've a flat belly...no TinD...hahaha

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^Our version is better.

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This is what I grew up on
Jhjhu jhota
Mamoo mota...

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there was a similar ‘lorii’ too, sung by Asha Bhosle, with a little variation:

animation is cute! :slight_smile:

Flat Punjabi stomach is a myth

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jhoolay mayan habababa sarah

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are you Punjabi, TLK?

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This is what I grew up on.