Teeyan
teeyan punjabi ਤੀਆਂ also known teeyan da teohar trans festival woman teej festival celebrated throughout punjab dedicated onset monsoon focus daughter sister mother festival celebrated monsoon season third day lunar month sawan bright half full moon sawan day woman married woman go maternal house participate festivity past traditional woman spend whole month sawan parent whether married woman go parent brother take gift set sister called sandhara sandhara includes punjabi suitsari laddoo bangle mehndi henna swing festival teeyan center girl woman getting together village green tying swing tree festival gather momentum teeyan giddha performed singing traditional boliyan one punjabi ਓੁੱਚੇ ਟਾਹਣੇ ਪੀਂਘ ਪਾ ਦੇ ਜਿਥੇ ਆਪ ਹੁਲਾਰਾ ਆਵੇ romanization uchay tahne peeng pa de jithey aap hulara aavey translation hang swing high tree branch swing move past festival would last long girl wished ranging day four week girl would often gather dance giddha every day festival would close woman performing closing dance called bhallho bhallho ballo performed woman standing two row dancing tradition woman getting together village become mostly extinct brar writing memory early twentieth century punjab recollects fair organised teeyan festivity food traditionally associated teeyan kheer punjabi ਖੀਰ rice pudding poorhi punjabi ਪੂਰ੍ਹੀ type fried bread halwa punjabi ਹਲਵਾ malpura gulgullay punjabi ਗੁਲਗੁਲੇ made jaggery syrup mixed wheat flour made ball fried mandey punjabi ਮੰਡੇ made wheat floor dough thin flat mandey bread rolled using rolling pin stretched hand placed back hand put griddle bake punjabi consider teeyan also called sawe seasonal festival celebrated especially school college focus festival often young woman recent year revival festival teeyan gathering held village city alike however current trend hire banqueting hall disc jockey singer politician celebrity sometimes attend gathering case teeyan gathering take place village open land woman punjabi diaspora organise teeyan gathering provide opportunity woman preserve punjabi culture