City Cultural View

 Language :

The national language of the city Khanewal is Urdu and the local language of the city is 
Punjabi . Punjabi is has different accents but the basic and the old language still has the same impression , the real structure of the language is not changed yet . This language was called Sansikrat , Prakant , and Apbharansh in the period of Raja Ashok  When muslims attacked the Hindustan this language was called as Lahori , Hindni , and Multani . After the occupied status there was a mix up of the different languages in it , those were Farsi , and Arabic languages , but the base still remained as Sansikrat . The start of language was a  verse ( Nazam ) . In District Khanewal , the great punjabi poet Mian Jaan Muhammad did a great work in the history of this language and he has a special place in Punjabi Poetry .

 Basics Of Culture :

Cultural and Social basics of Khanewal is like part of Punjab Province . The local young fellows used to represent their joy by dancing on marriages and fun fairs . All the local fares were on secular basis . It means that all the people belonging to different religions used to dance and celebrate in the same way . There was no difference among Hindus ,Muslims , Christians , Jatts , Khatri , Barhamans , Sayyed or any other race . Representation of the joy was the same and the sound of Dhol
( A musical instrument ) , made all of them to dance .
Men and Women used to dance separately .

 Lok Nach ( Local Cultural Dances ) :

Lok Nach is the local cultural dance made by the local people of any territory . Some of the Khanewalian Lok Nachs are described below .

 Bhangda :

Bhangda was very famous in Khanewal , not only Khanewal but every Punjabian was the lover of Bhangda . This delicate presentation was thought to be very powerful and manpower stuff , and none of other dance can compete Bhangda . This ancient dance in Khanewal leads to the ripe of crops .

Besakhi Mela was very famous for this sort of dance . in which all the young people specially Jatt Tribe used to dance in villages . No special dress is needed for it , however the Punjabis in Khanewal liked to dress colorful dresses on this particular occasion . 

Bhangda was made on the base of clapping and on the beat of Dhol
( A musical instrument )

Who beat this Dhol , likely to stand in the center and all the people used to gather around this man , as soon as he starts to beat the Dhol , the dancers start their dance immediately .

In start , the dancers start their dance slowly as the beat is also slow , as the time passes the beat increases and the dance also increases in the speed and changes its structure with the change in the beat of Dhol .The movement increases and increases until the rhythm is in its full swing . That is the climax of Bhangda .

Bhangda is made more beautiful by saying the specific words " Balle Balle " and "Hole Hole" Sometimes for interest the people are divided into sub teams and compete each other . In this way this Bhangda dance process carries on for hours .

 Gidda :

This is a typical women dance which was used to dance by the women of Khanewal mostly in villages . This dance got the intensity like Bhangda Women liked to present their art on different festivals specially on marriages . In recent district Khanewal like other parts of Punjab , the festival of ' Tian ' also is celebrated , from 3rd of moon calendar up to 14th of moon calendar month . The rainy season is also associated with this dance and women who are virgin or married likely to wait for this rainy season to perform Gidda . Sometimes , they used to use the trees of Peepal or Bargad to hang the ropes on it and enhance this sort of dance called ' Gidda ' .

 Sammi :

Sammi was also a famous dance in Khanewal among women . No music instrument was needed for this dance . Clapping of hands , movement of hands , and Chutkian were the basic parts of this dance and the movement of feet in dance mood was likely to have a fine rhythm with basic parts of dance as described earlier . This was a famous dance of Sandal Bar . The name of dance is associated with the girl named
' Sammi ' , who used to sing and dance for her lover .

 Kukli :

A typical women game in which the one pair consisting of two women or girls hold the hands of other girl and move in a round shaped movement . This dance is present in city locals but specially it occurs in villages .

 Villager ' s Drama :

Villagers used to present drama before the people for their entertainment . In ancient times , villager 's drama is likely to be Nach , Naqali , Baazi Gari , and Notanki etc . Now this has been changed in Bhand , Ras Dhari , and Naqal . These people beat their dhol along with the drama and earn their living .