The Punjabi Year
A story of seasons. Month by month. Farming. Festivals.
A journey through hard work, rituals, and the joy of every season.
This series explores Punjab through the farmer’s eyes. As seasons change. As crops are sown and harvested. As festivals are celebrated and hardship endured.
The ebb and flow of life in Punjab.
February - Magh
May - VaisakhMonth by month,
we explore the agricultural cycles that have sustained generations of farmers.
Capturing the balance between seasons, agriculture, and human labour - to understand how traditional knowledge continues to shape the land today.
August - SawanApril - Chet
The forgotten Month
The forgotten Month
The sun. The moon.
A solar calendar. A lunar calendar.
Punjab operates by the luni-solar Vikram Samvat calendar.
12 months. An occasional misalignment.
Mal Mas - Adik Mah
A month of rest and reset, wherein the calendars realign. A pause before life continues, and the farmers return to their fields.
MalMas - the 13th month