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'''Boliyan''' or '''bolis''' are [[couplet]]s that are sung in [[Punjab region|Punjab]].<ref name="folkdances">{{cite book|title=Folk Dances of Punjab|last=Walia|first=Aarohi|year=2008|page=86|publisher=Unistar Books|location=Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab, India|isbn=9788171426027|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tM7vvmV1SWcC&lpg=PA86&ots=BgsYa0uA-t}}</ref> Boliyan are often sung in accompaniment of [[Bhangra (dance)|bhangra]] dances.<ref name="eb">{{cite web|title=Bhangra|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/bhangra#ref1079146|website=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]|last=Gorlinski|first=Virginia|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc.|date=2010-03-03|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>

A boli expresses typical situations and their emotions. Usually a boli is sung and introduced by one woman, and then other girls form a chorus. These boliyan are usually passed down generation by generation orally. This forms a continuous and successive chain, each generation being taught by its predecessor. It is through this process that boliyan have been refined and passed on from long ago.<ref name="folkdances"/>

Although commonly women do ''[[giddha]]'' and sing'' boliyan'', in the [[Malwa (Punjab)|Malwa region]], in lower Punjab, men sing the ''boliyan''. They also do ''[[Bhangra (dance)|Bhangra]]'' dances to accompany the ''Boliyan'' (see [[Malwai Giddha]]).<ref name="folkdances"/>

Boliyan are traditional, but time has made changes in them too. They are not only composed by professionals, but even farmers contribute to them. They have a uniform rhythm, and often their appeal is enhanced by a meaningless rhyme being added to them. Almost all folk dances are performed in circles.
Whilst dancing the ''giddha'', the women sing in sonorous voices, to the accompaniment of the ''[[dholak]]'' (drum), ''[[ghadda]]'' (pots) or to the beat of clapping. The leader (woman) of the chorus sings the ''boli'', which the chorus repeats. The ''ghadda'' is played by gently striking a ring or a small stone on it in keeping with the rhythm. It helps to build an atmosphere of gaiety.<ref name="folkdances"/>

==Forms==
Boliyan can be categorized as two forms: ''Nikian Boliyan'' (small) and ''Lambian Boliyan'' (long). Nikian Boliyan are songs formed of two sentences connected with giddha; the first sentence introducing and the last sentence concluding. Lambian Boliyan take the form of a chain or flow of feelings, sometimes denoted while exaggerating.<ref name="gidha">{{cite journal|journal=South-Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies|issn=2349-7858|volume=4|issue=4|url=http://sajms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Edited_Heritage_Paper.pdf|last=Kaur|first=Sukhpreet|title=Heritage of Punjab: the case study of gidha|pages=152-159|year=2017}}</ref>

==Examples==
"Jaago", the night before the wedding, the awakening night, is when all of the family join together and sing ''boliyan'', to celebrate the joyous occasion. The first ''boli'' to be sung on the Jaago Night is ''Jaago Aiya''- which translates into the following:<ref name="folkdances2">{{cite book|title=Folk Dances of Punjab|last=Walia|first=Aarohi|year=2008|page=68|publisher=Unistar Books|location=Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab, India|isbn=9788171426027|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tM7vvmV1SWcC&lpg=PA86&ots=BgsYa0uA-t}}</ref>

<poem>
''Jatta Jaag Vey.'' - All you [[Jat]]ts Wake Up
''Hun Jaago Aiya. - For the Jaago has come
''Shava vey hun Jaago Aiya.'' - Wow, just look; the Jaago has come.
'' Lori de ke paiya''
'' uth pau gi''
'' addiyan karu gi''
'' chukni pau gi''
'' Jaago aaiya''
'' Jatta Jaag Vey''
'' Hun Jaago Aiya''
</poem>

==See also==
* [[List of Indian folk dances]]
* [[Big Boli Star]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH3ItGmOX-E "Boliyan Kulwinder Dhillon" (Paiya Lehnga Shisheyan Wala) - YouTube]

[[Category:Punjabi words and phrases]]
[[Category:Punjabi culture]]

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