Folk music of Punjab

Punjabi folk music (Punjabi: پنجابی لوک موسیقی, Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਲੋਕ ਸੰਗੀਤ or Punjabi Folk) is the traditional music on the traditional musical instruments of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent.^[1]^[2] There is a great repertoire of music from the time of birth through the different stages of joy and sorrow till death.^[3] The folk music invokes the traditions as well as the hardworking nature, bravery and many more things that the people of Punjab get from its gateway-to-India geographical location. Due to the large area with many sub-regions, the folk music has minor lingual differences but invokes the same feelings. The sub-regions, Malwa, Doaba, Majha, Pothohar, and hills areas, have numerous folk songs.^[4] Punjabi dance OP Bhangra music which is a genre of Punjabi modern music invented in Britain by the Punjabi diaspora.

^ Pande, Alka (1999). Folk music and musical instruments of Punjab. Mapin Publishers. p. 128. ISBN 1-890206-15-6.
^ Thind, Karnail Singh (2002). Punjab Da Lok Virsa (reprint ed.). Patiala: Punjabi University. p. 231. ISBN 81-7380-223-8.
^ "The Music of Punjab". SadaPunjab.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
^ "ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਲੋਕ-ਗੀਤ". sabhyachar.com (in Punjabi). Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.

[ap-1] Pande, Alka (1999). Folk music and musical instruments of Punjab. Mapin Publishers. p. 128. ISBN 1-890206-15-6.

[pdlv-2] Thind, Karnail Singh (2002). Punjab Da Lok Virsa (reprint ed.). Patiala: Punjabi University. p. 231. ISBN 81-7380-223-8.

[sp-3] "The Music of Punjab". SadaPunjab.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2012.

[s-4] "ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਲੋਕ-ਗੀਤ". sabhyachar.com (in Punjabi). Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.

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