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Tee-An: the dancers set off from the Panjabi Centre to process through SouthallFor the eighth year, the Panjabi Centre celebrated Tee-An at the Dominion Centre, The Green, Southall.  

Cllr Mrs Diana Pagan, Mayor of Ealing (right), with Amarjit KheraOn four Saturdays during July and August, Panjabi women came from all over London to dance and celebrate.  

On the final Saturday, the 12th August, the Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Mrs Diana Pagan, also attended.  She watched the dancing and made a presentation to Mrs G. K. Bedi for services to Panjabi language and Tee-An: the procession stop to dance outside the Dominion Centre culture, for producing a monthly magazine for women in Southall.  
 
Presentation: Mayor of Ealing, Cllr Mrs Diana Pagan, with Amarjit Khera and Mrs G K Bedi (right).

 

 

 


 
Tee-An
In the month of Sawan, on the village outskirts, girls gather to put swings on trees and dance GIDDHA and KIKLI  to their hearts' fill.  This is also the month when married women go back to visit their families.

Tee-An: women dancing at the Dominion Centre in SouthallSong of Tee-An:
"Dhan bhag mera", peepal akhe;
"Kurian ne pingan paaian."
 Sawan vich kurian ne
Pinghan asman Charhian

"How blessed am I", says peepal
"that the girls have hung rope-swings on me."
In the month of Sawan
Girls have swung their swings sky-high.

Photos: Cathy Aitchison

  

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