page_title: Punjabi wedding traditions
section_title: Important wedding songs
hierarchical_section_title: Punjabi wedding traditions / Important wedding songs
caption_attribution_description: English: A wedding in Lahore, Pakistan with men and women dressed in traditional outfits.
context_page_description: Punjabi wedding traditions are a strong reflection of Punjabi culture with ritual, song, dance, food, and dress that have evolved over centuries.
context_section_description: Songs of the bridegroom's side
  Mangane di geet: sung at the time of engagement
  Maneve de gaon: songs sung to welcome the bridegroom
  Gharouli de geet: sung while filling the pitcher (gharouli) for Bride/Bridegroom's bath before the wedding
  Chounki charanvele de geet: songs sung when the bridegroom sits on the chounki wooden bathing seat
  Suhag: sung by the bride in praise of her parents and the happy days of her childhood and in anticipation of happy days ahead
  Jaggo: procession song to call the neighbours to the wedding
  Churra charan vele da geet: sung when the chura ceremonial bangles are worn by the bride
  Janj: sung when the janj marriage procession is to be greeted
  Milni: sung at the ritual introduction of the two sides
  Ghenne de geet: sung when the bride is adorned with jewels
  Siftan: song in praise of the bridegroom
  Chhandh: evolved from poetry, songs of joy
  Sitthniyan (taunts)
  Song sung when the bridegroom's procession is being welcomed
  Song sung when the wari, or gifts from the bridegroom's side, are being exhibited
  Song sung when the groom's party sits down to the meal
  Song sung when the daaj, dowry or the bridal gifts, are being displayed
  Others
  Lavan Phere: sung at the time of the actual wedding ritual
  Maiya: sung when the girl is preparing for the wedding and is bathed by the women at home. It goes for both men and women.
  Vedi de geet: sung while erecting the marriage pandal
  Khatt: sung at the time the maternal grandparents present gifts to the bride on an overturned tokra, or basket
  Pani vaarna: welcoming the bride to her new home
  Bidaigi: sung when the bride is being sent off in the doli
  Ghughrian: sung when the doli arrives at the groom's house
  Shahana: sung by mirasis in praise of the bridegroom
  Til Methre: sung while welcoming the bride and orienting her to the family
  Pattal: song sung before meal
caption: Pakistani Punjabis at a wedding
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