Danzatrici di Gidha ad Amritsar

Indian students from Khalsa College for Women perform ‘Gidha’, the folk dance from the state of Punjab, during the ‘Teej Festival’ celebrations in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, 10 August 2011. Teej festival is celebrated during the ‘Saawan’ month which falls on July-August. Girls wearing colourful traditional Punjabi clothes and jewellery perform ‘Gidha’, during the celebrations and dedicate the folk songs to their husbands or husbands-to-be. The Teej celebrations begin from the third day of Saawan month which is the fifth Hindu month beginning from Chaitra. (EPA/RAMINDER PAL SINGH)