Giddha

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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.

Folk dancers from Punjab performing at six-day Folk Dance Festival ‘Lok Tarang, in New Delhi on January 19, 2007