Majj is short for Major Jurnail.
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*Originally posted by ChannMahi: *
hehe
FF: I know they have it in songs but do you know any actual tradition in Pakistan like that?
Here is what was the tradition in Punjab amongst all different communities few decades ago. The girl was supposed to to stay at her maikey(Paikay) during the first Saavan after the wedding. [month of Saavan starts in the middle of August] So just s the hot month of JaiTh and HaaRh end, someone from girl's family goes and brings the girl to maikay home. As soon as the Saavan month is over the boy comes to susral and takes her desperate wife back home to enjoy the after effects of Saavan. The superstition was that the newly wedded girl should not face her mother in law the the whole first month of Saavan after the wedding...or one of them will die or something.
So this little superstition gave rise to a good tradition of girl spending a whole month at her parents home in the company of her girl friends and do some oochhal kood in the rain...but of course she longed to be with her husband at the same time..so Saavan became part of these separation songs.
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What a load of majjdroppings...
CM 
Thanks for the details though.
LJ I’m neutral towards you. I don’t know you well enough to like or dislike you.
FG the email?? [email protected]??? I know its a lousy guess.
yes superstition is all bull crap...I don't think anyone really truly believed in it. but tradition of girls spending whole month at parents, with siblings and childhood friends away from stresses and tensions of the new family and inlaws was good... it gave girls some breathing room. thats all..now it would be a major major majj dropping if God ordained all thsi shi8 himself..but luckily he did not.;)
Originally posted by ChannMahi: *
**oye Fraudia, nothing to feel bad about if Karachi sucked in saavan...we did not chose to take birth in the pinD like you did not in Karachi. *
sardaaar ji, aap ki memory kaafi weak hai. I was not born in Karachi.
but the point is Saavan is more important, more visible and more enjoying season for rural folks, a break from their daily monotonous lives...than it can be for cities.
yep cuz there is a lot more going on in cities :)
Of course we are saying what it felt liek to us when we were there in Saavan..I don't think Saavan has the same charm anymore in the time of ACs and refrigerators.
But is that a part of not being in a pind now, being exposed to what else the world has to offer, or part of growing up?
would you be able to appreciate savaan like u did as a child, if you went to your pind now?
fraud, there is no doubt cities has more to offer and thats what I said too in my post. village life is pretty monotnous and dull from day to day. I am not sure if I would feel the same if I spend Saavan there now..it is certainly partly growing up..because even if I am there lot of other things and people that I have memories of won't be there....to star with,..where I am going to find my favourite boori majj? hain? so it is almost impossible to recreate any such experiences. Although when I said not the same charm..I meant not for myself but for village people either...TV/AC etc has changed meaning of Saavan for village people as it changed for city folks earlier.
BUT as the wise guy said India lives in many centuries simultaneously..I am sure there are kids and young married girls in India and Pakistan right now who are anxiously waiting for Saavan to come.
Meray naina sawan bhadoN
Phir bhi mera mun pyasa
Phir bhi mera mun pyasa
Ay dil deewanay, Khail ye kya janay
Dard bhara yeh, geet kahan say
in hontoN pay aay, door kaheen lay jaay
Bhool gya tha,
bhool kay bhi mujh ko
yaad hai zara sa,
phir bhi mera mun pyasa
Baat purani hai, aik khani hai
Ab sochooN tumhain, yaad nhin hai
ab soochooN, nhin bhoolay
woh sawan kay jhoolay
Rut aay rut.. jaay day kur
jhoota aik dilasa
phir bhi mera mun pyasa
Barson beet gaay, hum ko milay beechRay
bijuri bun kur..gagan pur chamkee
beetay samay ki raikhaaaaa..mein nay tum ko daikha
mun sung aank micholi khailay
asha aur nirasha
phir bhi mera mun pyasa
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phir bhi mera mun pyasa
0K, now u can carry on the discussion....just felt like singing
Fayz have some gatorade.
Chann Bhai
My question is more along the lines of..do elders in the villages also like saavan just as much as kids? or as you grow up some of these things are not as much fun? whether or not you are an urbanite.
hey who says savan isnt fun in khi?.. go on the roof top, play cricket with ur cousins..hehe.. drink garam garam chai, pakoras are must! savans are fun in khi. it sucks in canada though :-/
aay mausam rangeelay suhanayy.
no wait.. this doesnt have savan it in :-S
savan ka maheena.. pawan karay shorr.. lolz any one remember that song?
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hey who says savan isnt fun in khi?.. go on the roof top, play cricket with ur cousins..hehe.. drink garam garam chai, pakoras are must! savans are fun in khi. it sucks in canada though :-/
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Roof tops may be ok but it floods everywhere in Cliton & defence. Can you imagine all that trash sailing on the water. HOW NICE :D
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Chann Bhai
My question is more along the lines of..do elders in the villages also like saavan just as much as kids? or as you grow up some of these things are not as much fun? whether or not you are an urbanite.
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Phie sahib most buzaargz will say kh hamara kya hai. hum tu budhe ho gaye hain. Buchoon ko dekh kar bus kush ho jate hain.
As one grows up some of the fun slips away. Its universal.
Even human excrements as LJ said :yukh:
Why is it so difficult to understand the romantic connotation of saavan? Just think wet T-sh...ok scratch that, maybe not the best example. maybe it is the crops and ambiaN after all...
Xtreme Channmahi's explanation makes sense too. But yeah the rainbaths must be enticing enough to get a few guys going.
let me add my 2 cents,. we are going to be v practical actually,wake up in the mornings and if we found a rainy day,we said ,oh God what the hell is this, or oh rain rain go away come again another day and start thinking which way lead us safe and sound in school or office. our mothers or theire mothers have the great memories of their saavans which they were with their families or sakhis, we cannot felt that feelings which they can feel,. when there are no internets, or tvs,. people had choti choti khushiyan which makes them happy.but for us there are no saavan, this is just a wetty, muddy month of the year.
any thoughts?