Europe North America Oceania Giddha (Punjabi: ਗਿੱਧਾ) is a popular folk dance of women in the Punjab region.
The dance is accompanied by rhythmic clapping, with a typical traditional folk song performed by elder women in the background.
[citation needed] Giddha varies from other forms of traditional Punjabi dance in that it does not require the two-headed barrel dhol drum to be performed.
[2] Giddha displays a traditional mode of performing Punjabi femininity, as seen through dress, choreography, .
The attire is completed by dressing the hair in two braids and folk ornaments and wearing a tikka on the forehead.