Trinjan
{{Short description| Punjabi tradition of women gathering, plying 'Charkhas' and singing songs}}
File:Charkha being plied by a woman.svg{{Punjabis}}
Trinjan ({{Lang|Pa|Trinjan}}) was a Punjabi tradition of women gathering, spinning charkhas, and singing songs. It was customary in Punjabi culture, where women would sit together and engage in other domestic crafts like spinning, weaving, and singing. Trinjan was a symbol of women's strength, creativity, and emotional, cultural, ecological, and social ties.
Spinning
File:Photograph of Jat Sikh women captioned 'Types of Indian Women. No. 3, Jat Sikh Women of Punjab, Spinning Cotton. 85', 1912.jpg women captioned 'Types of Indian Women. No. 3, Jat Sikh Women of Punjab, Spinning Cotton. 85', 1912. No. 85 in the photograph series within the source.]]
Hand spinning was integrally related to Trinjan, with women spinning and singing together in groups. Trinjan has long been a place of togetherness, collaborative wisdom, and shared abilities.{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Weaving their own stories|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/weaving-their-own-stories-114864|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Mukherji|first=Rina|title=Picking up the threads in Punjab|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/india-interior/picking-up-the-threads-in-punjab/article32295550.ece|access-date=2021-08-26|website=@businessline|language=en}}{{Cite web|author=Neel Kamal|date=Mar 8, 2020|title=Punjab: Natural farming to hand weaving, 5,000 benefit from return to tradition {{!}} Amritsar News – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/from-natural-farming-to-hand-spinning-and-weaving-5k-benefit-from-return-to-tradition/articleshow/74533001.cms|access-date=2021-08-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}} The night trinjan was called as '{{Lang|Pa|Rat Katni}},' and the day Trinjan was known as ' {{Lang|Pa|Chiri Charoonga}} .'{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMjjAAAAMAAJ&q=Trinjan+raat+katani+chiri|title=Folk-lore|date=1968|publisher=Indian Publications|pages=382|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CFEiAQAAMAAJ&q=Trinjan+raat+katani+chiri|title=Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology|date=1989|publisher=Sociology Department, Guru Nanak Dev University|pages=112|language=en}}{{Citation|title=PUNJABI VOICE OVER – TRINJAN – BY NITIN VERMA – NIRANJAN|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN2lxw5mSbY|language=en|access-date=2021-08-27}}
Trinjan songs
'Trinjan' refers to assembling for activities such as plying 'Charkhas' and singing songs. Trinjan songs have a distinctive status in Punjabi folk music. Trinjan songs were an expression of contemporary women's desires and sorrows. The sound of the spinning wheel used to blend as if it was an instrument.{{Cite book|last=Datta|first=Amaresh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&q=trinjan+songs&pg=PA1308|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti|date=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|pages=1308|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Experts|first=Arihant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBvzDwAAQBAJ&q=trinjan+songs|title=Punjab Revenue Patwari Recruitment Exam 2020|date=2020-02-24|publisher=Arihant Publications India limited|isbn=978-93-241-9435-0|pages=25|language=en}}{{Cite book|last1=Malhotra|first1=R. P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLAwnSA2uwQC&q=trinjan+songs&pg=PA143|title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Punjabi Literature: A-L|last2=Arora|first2=Kuldeep|date=2003|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House|isbn=978-81-87746-52-2|pages=143|language=en}}
Dance
'Trinjan' a dance type include Punjabi Giddha and Kikkli dances.{{Cite book|last=Khokar|first=Mohan|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.14513|title=Impressions of the folk dance festival|date=1959|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi|pages=28}}
Presently
Gallery
File:Punjabi spinning wheel 01.jpg|Punjabi spinning wheel 'Charkha'
File:A Charkha or Spinning Wheel, Jammu, ca.1875-ca.1940 (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS10-024).jpg| Two women with Charkha
File:Charkha and Chakki.jpg|Charkha
File:Giddha 2.jpg| Act in Giddha
File:Virasti Mela, Bathinda (Punjabi Heritage Festival) (47).jpg|Virasti Mela, Bathinda (Punjabi Heritage Festival)
File:Virasti Mela, Bathinda (Punjabi Heritage Festival) (23).jpg|Virasti Mela, Bathinda (Punjabi Heritage Festival)
File:Kikli and salwar suits.jpg|Kikkli
See also
References
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