Thor Punjaban Di - Giddha Competition - April 11, 2009

[Tor Punjaban Di]

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Thor Punjaban Di
April 11, 2009
@ The Flint Center
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino CA

Registration Deadline February 13, 2009

 

[GidhaRani]

Is the competition only for college teams?

 

[Tor Punjaban Di]

All teams can apply - college teams, local city teams, professional teams, etc.

 

[Saleem]

Nice.

But, maybe I'm not an expert on transliteration between languages, but the first thought in my head was Thor, Norse God of Thunder?

Normally I've seen it as Tor Punjaban Di

 

[Sukhdip S. Chhina]

Yes, it should be Taur or Tor. But we can all understand what it means, so its all cool. You do mean Thor as in pride right?

 

[Arjun Barua]

Yes, it should be Taur or Tor. But we can all understand what it means, so its all cool. You do mean Thor as in pride right?

My understanding is that 'tor' means movement/motion/gait, similar to 'chaal'. But my knowledge of Punjabi is very limited, so can someone confirm?

 

[kinnell]

Nice.

But, maybe I'm not an expert on transliteration between languages, but the first thought in my head was Thor, Norse God of Thunder?

Normally I've seen it as Tor Punjaban Di

Dammit Saleem, beat me to that picture. lol

 

[GidhaRani]

Taur/tor is almost like swagger - just like lachak is almost like "milkshake"

 

[Sukhdip S. Chhina]

Yes, it should be Taur or Tor. But we can all understand what it means, so its all cool. You do mean Thor as in pride right?

My understanding is that 'tor' means movement/motion/gait, similar to 'chaal'. But my knowledge of Punjabi is very limited, so can someone confirm?

Yeh Tor also means that. I wasnt thinking of it that way

 

[Pooja]

I've also seen it spelled "Tohar" and yea I thought it meant pride too, but obvs it has many meanings.

 

[mafzal]

tohar = STYLEEE

Hot logo. I think we gonna apply. That's so far away tho

 

[Mukandpuria]

I've also seen it spelled "Tohar" and yea I thought it meant pride too, but obvs it has many meanings.

Punjabi wasn't meant to be written in English...you can spell it what every way you really want...

 

[pritpal94]

Punjabi wasn't meant to be written in English...you can spell it what every way you really want...
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True

 

[JT]

I remembe a giddah comp went down in surrey once, and they said their would be one every year, I have yet to see the second one take place... wish you guys the best, and hopefully you can make this an annual event, as it would be nice to showcase the second art of punjab on a regular basis, like bhangra.

 

[Tor Punjaban Di]

Abhi's right: no one is really wrong in the way they spell their translation.

The "thor" in Thor Punjaban Di is definitely meant to imply the "walk, grace, swagger" of the Punjaban. Sometimes we spell it "Tor" which then gets into other spellings of "Tohar" "Taur" etc to imply the "pride, style." At the time there's some overlap and not.

We went with the "thor" spelling since it was the most phonetically sound, but also b/c it would be easier for individuals not familiar with the language or culture to be able to find the website and event name - since we definitely want to spread this part of our culture to people that aren't accustomed to seeing it as much.

Thanks for the input!

 

[Somi]

Same day as BOB [in SF]!

 

[Vick]

Can we get a different website for giddha competitions? They need to stop spamming this site....

 

[Danny]

doesn't Taur or Thor or or fall along the lines of Style or Swagger?

 

[Chidiya]

Glad to see more giddha comps! But it seems like they all started showing up at the same time lol