Editing Giddha (section)

==History==

Giddha is said to be originated from the ancient ring dance which was dominant in Punjab.<ref>{{Citation |last=Conyers |first=Claude |title=Folk dance |date=2011-02-23 |work=Oxford Music Online |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2092451 |access-date=2024-03-20 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0}}</ref> Giddha displays a traditional mode of performing Punjabi femininity, as seen through dress, choreography, .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsavpedia.com/cultural-connections/evergreen-folk-dance-from-punjab-giddha/ |title=Giddha Origin and history |publisher=utsavpedia.com |access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> Since the [[Partition of India]] in 1947 and the division of Punjab into [[West Punjab]] (Pakistan) and [[East Punjab]] (India), folk dances of Punjab on both sides of the border have been consolidated, staged, and promoted as iconic expressions of Punjabi culture.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Schreffler|first=Gibb|date=2004|title=Vernacular Music and Dance of Punjab|journal=Journal of Punjab Studies|volume=11|issue=2|pages=197–214}}</ref> While the form of giddha was not seriously affected by Partition, Gibb Schreffler writes that it has been classified as the women's dance counterpart to the male form bhangra, despite that not entirely being the case.<ref name=":0" />

Since the Partition of [[India]] in 1947 and the division of Punjab into West Punjab ([[Pakistan]]) and East Punjab (India), folk dances of Punjab on both sides of the border have been consolidated, staged, and promoted as iconic expressions of Punjabi culture. While the form of Giddha was not seriously affected by Partition, Gibb Schreffler writes that it has been classified as the women's dance counterpart to the male form Bhangra, despite that not entirely being the case.

As Punjabi dance forms became codified in the 1960s-onward, bhangra and giddha competitions have become popular throughout Punjab and the [[Punjabi diaspora]]. Punjabi dance forms have also spread through collegiate-level dance troupes in Punjab since the 1960s and in South Asian student groups in the US, UK, and Canada since the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schreffler|first=Gibb|date=2013|title=Situating bhangra dance: a critical introduction|journal=South Asian History and Culture|volume=4:3|issue=3|pages=384–412|doi=10.1080/19472498.2013.808514|s2cid=143912821}}</ref>