Re: Saala: A Swear Word but Why?
that was pretty common in Punjabi Culture especially in Jaat. Mustansar Hussain TaraR also mentioned that in his novel ‘Khas o Khashak Zamane’.
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/culture-literature-and-linguistics/564553-baraat-gaaliyan-aur-gaanay.html
Even the tradition is somewhat exist today in form of ‘nok jhonk’ and folk songs also refer to this:
Sade Te Vehre by unknown - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAnj31jDiwg)