Giddha is usually a women's dance, but in the Malwa older men had their own. They stand in a ring, and one after another steps forward to sing a boli, often teasing or bawdy, while the others answer and play the kato, sapp, bugchu, chimta and ghara.
Malwai giddha is now a fixture of youth festivals, where teams of young men wear the old tehmat and kurta and carry the folk instruments.
More dance and martial play
The harvest dance of the men of Majha, now the best known dance of South Asia.
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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.
▶ WatchDhamaalThe whirling trance dance of the Sufi shrines, danced to the dhol on Thursday nights.
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.