Giddha is a popular folk dance of women in Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The dance is often considered derived from the ancient dance known as the ring dance. The main Punjabi folk dance for females is giddha or giddhah and for men or for both men and women is bhangda or bhangra. Both Bhangra and Gidha originated in the 1800s in the Punjab region of India by farmers and initiated as folk dances celebrated during the time of the harvest called Baisakhi/Vaisakhi.
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