Why don’t we have our version of Valentines day? Let us start celebrating Feb 13th as Heer Ranjha day now onwards.
Here are some of the traditions that will develop with it.
On Heer-Ranjha day, girls will offer “choori” to their lovers. They will kutt choori with desi ghiyo and shakkar and put it in a chhanna and wrap it in a pona and bring it for their lovers.(all those who did not understand the above sentence stick with Valentines day)
All the boys will offer their Heers to ‘chaar’ her fathers buffalos for a week. Since that may cause some logistical problems since most Heers’ dads don’t have buffallos anymore, boys can offer to wash her dad’s car for a week or vaccum their the house for her mom.
Boys will not ask girls “would you be my Heer this year?”…the term “this year” might not be socially acceptable and may cause some misunderstanding…so the correct way would be “Would you be my Heer?”. So just be careful whom you ask before asking this as you will get only 1 chance to ask this question.
The official song of Heer-Ranjha day will be " Mainu Heeray Heeray aakhay, haye nu munda lambRaN da…".
Most important thing in this will be to look for and avoid your “KaidoN”. Everyone who has a Heer will have a KaidoN too…it is part and parcel of the deal. Identify him well in advance and devise ways to protect yourself from him.
So, Madhaanee, would you be my Heer? I will “maanj” your “chaaTi” for a week!
Chann Ji, choori te mein kissay laiye vi na kuttaN, navayN zamanay te navayN pyaar shyaar. Heer Ranjha walay zamanay gaiy guzar. Sacha pyaar koi vi nai karda
Chan ji I hate you, friends like you who needs an enemy. I followed your instructions to win your Bhabi's and my wife's heart(Rome I am Talking about same person), now guess what happened, I'll be doing it for rest of my life. Thank you Chan my Jiger Ji.
Roman No I am not telling what I did......
johnny The Stupid Rahnja
[This message has been edited by johnd (edited February 14, 2002).]
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