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{{Short description|Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
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{{infobox ethnic group
| group = Haryanvis
| native_name =
| image = Haryanvi culture.jpg
| flag =
| caption = Haryanvi women in folk costume
| population = 26 million
| popplace = [[India]] ([[Haryana]], [[Delhi]])
| langs = [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]], [[Hindi]]
| religions = '''Predominantly:'''<br />[[File:Om.svg|15px]] [[Hinduism]]<br/>'''Minority:'''<br/>[[File:Star and Crescent.svg|18px]] [[Islam]], [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]] [[Sikhism]], [[File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg|12px]] [[Jainism]]
| related = [[Indo-Aryan peoples]]
}}

The '''Haryanvis''' are an [[Indo-Aryan people|Indo-Aryan]] [[ethnolinguistic group]] native to [[Haryana]] in northern [[India]]. They speak [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]] and some [[Rajasthani languages]] such as [[Ahirwati]], [[Mewati]], and [[Bagri language|Bagri]]. The term ''Haryanvi'' has been used both in the ethnolinguistic sense and for someone from Haryana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/the-way-tough-haryanvis-speak-18241|title=The way tough Haryanvis speak|website=tribuneindia|date=28 December 2019|access-date=28 March 2020|archive-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328042237/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/the-way-tough-haryanvis-speak-18241|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Folk Songs">{{cite web|url=http://web.iitd.ac.in/~singhk/home/Phase1.htm|title=Social Status of a Haryanvi Rural Woman: A Reflective Study through Folk Songs|website=iitd.ac.com|access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/no-takers-in-their-own-land-753271|title = No takers in their own land}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-gurugram/20181224/281629601383742|title=Establishing the continuity of our local languages within the region|date=24 December 2018|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=12 November 2023|via=Press Reader}}</ref>

==Distribution==
{{See also|Haryana#Demography|l1=Demography of Haryana}}

===Haryanvi diaspora overseas ===
{{See also|Indian diaspora|l1=Indian diaspora overseas}}

There is increasingly large diaspora of Haryanvis in Pakistan who migrated to Pakistan after partition in 1947, [[Australian Indians|Australia]], [[Canadian Indians|Canada]], [[Singaporean Indians|Singapore]], [[Indian New Zealanders|New Zealand]], [[Indians in Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]], [[Indians in the United Arab Emirates|UAE]], [[British Indians|UK]], [[Indian Americans|US]], etc.

In Australia, the community lives mainly in Sydney and Melbourne, has set up ''Association of Haryanvis in Australia'' (AHA) which organise events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nriaffairs.com/australian-haryanvi-community-celebrates-teej-mela-in-style/|title=Australian Haryanvi community celebrates Teej Mela in style|publisher=nriaffairs|date=24 July 2022|access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref>

In Singapore, the community has set up the ''Singapore Haryanvi Kunba'' organisation in 2012 which also has a Facebook group of same name.

==Culture==
{{Main|Haryana#Culture}}
The culture of [[Haryana]] is similar to neighbouring regions including [[Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Haryana | title=Haryana | History, Capital, Population, Map, & Government | Britannica }}</ref>
===Language===
{{Main|Haryanvi language}}

Haryanvi is a branch of the Western Hindi [[dialect]], and it is written in a modified form of [[Devanagari]] script.

===Folk music and dance===
{{Main|Music of Haryana}}

Folk music is integral part of Haryanvi culture. Folk songs are sung during occasion of child birth, wedding, festival, and [[Satsang]] (singing religious songs).<ref name="Folk Songs"/><ref name="Musical Heritage of India">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuWBch2jTqAC|title=Musical Heritage of India|publisher=APH Publishing corporation|author=Manorama Sharma|page=65|isbn=978-8131300466|year=2007}}</ref> Some dances are Khoriya, Chaupaiya, Loor, Been, [[Ghoomar]], Dhamal, [[Phalguna|Phaag]], [[Shraavana|Sawan]] and Gugga.<ref name="Musical Heritage of India"/>

===Cuisine===
Haryana is agricultural state known for producing foodgrains such as [[wheat]], [[barley]], [[pearl millet]], [[maize]], [[rice]] and high-quality [[dairy]]. Daily village meal in Haryana consist of a simple thali of [[roti]], paired with a leafy stir-fry (saag in dishes such as gajar methi or aloo palak), condiments such as chaas, [[chutney]], [[Pickling|pickles]]. Some known Haryanvi dishes are green choliya (green chickpeas), bathua yogurt, {{transliteration|bgc|italic=no|bajre ki roti}}, {{transliteration|bgc|italic=no|sangri ki sabzi}} (beans), {{transliteration|bgc|italic=no|kachri ki}} chutney (wild cucumber) and {{transliteration|bgc|italic=no|bajre ki khichdi}}. Some sweets are panjiri and pinni prepared by unrefined sugar like bura and shakkar and diary. [[Malpua]] are popular during festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/gG7NxOnm6jufRzBYcPdyEN/Haryanvi-thali-Not-just-dhaba-fare.html|title=Haryanvi thali: Not just 'dhaba' fare|website=livemint|date=4 May 2018|access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref>

===Clothes===
{{See also|History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent|Textile industry in India#History of Textile industry in India|label2= History of Textile industry in India}}

Traditional attire for men is turban, shirt, [[dhoti]], [[jutti]] and cotton or woollen shawl. Traditional attire for female is typically an orhna (veil), shirt or [[Angia (garment)|angia]] (short blouse), ghagri (heavy long skirt) and Jitti. Saris are also worn. Traditionally the [[Khadi|Khaddar]] (coarse cotton weave cloth) is a frequently used as the fabric.<ref name=cloth1>Arihant Experts, Haryana SSC Recruitment Exam 2019, Page 13.</ref><ref name=cloth2>Ram Sarup Joon, 1967, History of the Jats, Page 11.</ref>

===Cinema===
{{See also|Haryanvi cinema|List of Haryanvi-language films}}

The first movie of Haryanvi cinema is Dharti which was released in 1968. The first financially successful Haryanvi movie was ''[[Chandrawal]]'' (1984) which spurted the continuing production of [[Haryanvi Cinema|Haryanvi films]], although none have been as successful.<ref name=govt>{{cite news|title='Haryanvi movies need govt push'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Haryanvi-movies-need-govt-push/articleshow/6695524.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323190345/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-06/chandigarh/28259020_1_haryanvi-entertainment-tax-hindi-movie|url-status=live|archive-date=23 March 2012|access-date=17 March 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=6 October 2010}}</ref> Other films such as ''Phool Badan'' and ''Chora Haryane Ka'' followed with only about one out of twelve films being profitable at the box office.<ref name=govt/> In 2000, Aswini Chowdhary won the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] at the [[National Film Awards]] for the Haryanvi film ''Laddo''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Press Trust of India|title=President to give away national film awards on Sept 18|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/20000916/ina16014.html|access-date=17 March 2011|newspaper=Indian Express|date=16 September 2000}}</ref> In 2010 the government of [[Haryana]] announced they were considering establishing a film board to promote Haryanvi-language films.<ref>{{cite news|title=Haryana may set up board to promote Haryanvi films|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/03/stories/2010100359290700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008025813/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/03/stories/2010100359290700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 October 2010|access-date=17 March 2011|date=3 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{See also|List of people from Haryana}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Works cited===
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* {{citation |last=Pletcher |first=Kenneth |year=2010 |title=The History of India |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |isbn=9781615301225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsujRFvaHI8C&q=Kuru+Kaushambi&pg=PA63}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoRDAAAAYAAJ |title=Military History of India |publisher=Orient Longmans |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar |year=1960 |pages=66–69 |isbn=9780861251551}}
* {{cite book |author=Upinder Singh |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA562 |year=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-1120-0}}
* {{citation |last=Witzel |first=Michael |year=1995 |title=Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state |journal=EJVS |volume=1 |issue=4 |url=http://www.ejvs.laurasianacademy.com/ejvs0104/ejvs0104article.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611142934/http://www.ejvs.laurasianacademy.com/ejvs0104/ejvs0104article.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2007}}

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