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A journey in the heart of the Sikh land
is reflected on the vistas of village life.
A day starts with the blowing of the conch
by the village priest from the village shrine
followed by recitation of the Morning Prayer
from the Holy Scripture. Thus the
beauty unveils itself to the first rays
of the day. Amritsar is just about an ideal
place to make a base for visits to rural
Punjab and have an idea of the way of life
of the state which is perhaps the most prosperous
in India and produces almost half of the
country`s food grain. What to talk of men
even an average Punjabi woman is physically
stronger and mentally more agile than her
counterpart elsewhere in India. One can
watch her embroidering intricate patterns,
performing dance Gidda playing rope games
and singing sweet songs of love.
Punjabi farmers have adopted these days modern ways
of farming like system of irrigation, methods
of cultivation and new patterns of growing
commercial crops ,but ox ridden with yoke
have still not been replaced totally by
the modern tractors. It's a feast for the
eyes to see a traditional Punjabi farmer
drawing water from the well, extracting
juice from the sugarcane and grinding wheat
-adopting conventional systems. Many of
the Punjabi farmers have sent their children
to modern schools in cities but themselves
prefer to remain in the village to nourish
the love in their bossom for the land. A
regular tour is conducted by Time Travels
to let the visitors have first hand experience
of the rural Punjabis life and culture which
is beyond description. Let's sway, sing
and dance to the beats of Bhangra the folk
dance of Punjabis.
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