Dhamaal
The whirling trance dance of the Sufi shrines, danced to the dhol on Thursday nights.
At Sufi shrines across the Punjab, on Thursday nights and at the urs, devotees dance the dhamaal: spinning, shaking their heads and stamping to the beat of the dhol until they reach a state of ecstasy, hal.
At the shrine of Shah Jamal in Lahore the drummer Pappu Sain played for dhamaal for decades; the most famous dhamaal of all is danced at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar at Sehwan in Sindh.
More dance and martial play
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The women's dance of clapping and boliyan, full of wit and mimicry.
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The slow, swaying dance of the bar country, danced in a circle around the drummer.
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The Sikh art of the stick and sword, practised by the Nihangs and displayed at every Hola Mohalla.
LuddiThe men's victory dance, swaying and clapping in a circle to the dhol, danced across the western Punjab.
SammiThe women's dance of the Sandal Bar, with raised arms and a song for a lost lover.
The men's giddha of the Malwa: boliyan sung in a ring, with the kato, sapp and bugchu clattering in time.
The night before a wedding, when the bride's or groom's family carry a pot of lamps through the village singing to wake it up.