Punjab is largest province of Pakistan. 48% population speaks Punjabi. Lahore is capital city. This is only city which could hold comparison of Dehli.
We will explore different cultural dimension of Punjab. It will include architecture, language, art, literature, poetry, sayings, myths, food, clothes and more than that.
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Interesting :k:
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Koi kuch share bhi to kare.. Too generlised thread. should be separate threads on each aspect.
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Koi kuch share bhi to kare.. Too generlised thread. should be separate threads on each aspect.
lets see which way mahool takes the thread to...
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lets see which way mahool takes the thread to...
Multiple ways are in first post...
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Architecture of Lahore includes mogul, Sikh and British periods
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Personally I love mall road due to the buildings of Victorian era, Lahore fort has ancient history but has been rebuilt over and over due to being ravaged under various invaders
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Can you post some pictures of Sikh era architecture? 
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The food. Chatti ki lassi makaee ki roti baisan wali roti.
Sugarcane season. Ruo/sugarcane juice to drink is free for even a stranger passing by a village.
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Bhaand and jugat baazi - very shallow but surprisingly very addictive street humor of Punjab. like it very much.
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^Yes. The bhaand we see in faisalbad has no match with rest of punjab. Every time we attend some marriage in faisalabad hear new jugats. They dont even spare dhulha and his friend if you dont give them wails :D
Not only jugat but also they have very good sense self satire
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My two cents:
There is a common perception that Punjabi cuisine is heavily based on meat consumption (i.e Paaye, Nihari, Pilao etc) - which is not every true.. Punjab has one of the most fertile agriculture land in the world - it produces variety of vegetable crops, so an average everyday Punjabi diet is more vegetarian than meat based (or mix of both), and unlike in Western world where you get things all year round, in Punjab there is a strong tradition of only eating seasonal vegetables. Harvesting of *Saag *crops is very much the highlight of Punjabi winter.
However, Lahore has its unique culinary culture which heavily borrows from Mughal and Kashmiri influences, and I'd say typically Lahori dishes are more meat based and the cooking method is more refined.
Lahore maybe famous for Paye and stuff, but the traditional dish of Punjab would be sarson ka saag and makki ki roti, and this one dish sums the agrarian culture of Punjab.
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Few random questions:
What are the names of sides (North, West, etc) in Punjabi?
Punjabi of Sugar and Salt?
We know that they use khatta and Meetha for sour and sweet (correct me if there are other words), what is Punjabi of bitter?
Hot and Cold might be (garm and sard), what is Punajbi of luke warm?
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Few random questions:
What are the names of sides (North, West, etc) in Punjabi?
Punjabi of Sugar and Salt?
We know that they use khatta and Meetha for sour and sweet (correct me if there are other words), what is Punjabi of bitter?
Hot and Cold might be (garm and sard), what is Punajbi of luke warm?
Lukewarm... kun kuna...
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Bitter - kora
Salt - loon or loona for salty.
Sugar - mitha (in olden times, gur or shakar).
Garam - tata (taara wala tey)
Cold - thanda
Luke warm - kosa
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I think one large myth about Punjab is being Punjabi! Being a Punjabi who grew up in karachi, I always found an interest in learning about my heritage and what is it to be a Punjabi. Years of research, talking with people, reading some books on the background of Jaats, I think its important to realize that there is no such thing as Punjabi. Where in other provinces sense of provincial identity is strong, with in Punjab the sense of provincial identity is non existent. Instead, the identity in most Punjabi people that they associate to is their Caste or Sub Caste. Being from a Jaat baradri, I further found it much intriguing to know how and why differentiate themselves along these lines. I am still learning. Not much makes sense but important take for me at least has been that there is no Such thing as being Punjabi in Punjab.
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What is ‘Khand’ as in this song ‘tere munh wich khand pawaN’.
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sounds like a punjabi version of Qand
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Shrikhand????