Jasvir Kaur Virk | |
|---|---|
 Kaur in 2022 | |
| President of the Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand | |
| Assumed office 14 August 2022 | |
| Vice President | Kuldeep Kaur |
| Preceded by | Jaswinder Singh Nagra |
Jasvir Kaur Virk is the current president of the Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand since 2022. [1] [2]
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Punjabi,sometimes spelled Panjabi,is an Indo-Aryan language natively spoken by the Punjabi people in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Punjabi has approximately 113 million native speakers.
Lollywood refers to the Pakistani Urdu and Punjabi-language film industry based in Lahore. Since the partition of India in 1947,Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema,with films being produced both in Urdu and Punjabi. The word "Lollywood" is a portmanteau of "Lahore" and "Hollywood",coined in 1989 by Glamour magazine gossip columnist Saleem Nasir,and is usually used comparatively with respect to other industries in South Asian cinema.
The Punjabis,also known as Panjabis,are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent presently divided between Pakistan and India. They speak Punjabi,a language from the Indo-Aryan language family. Punjabis are the largest ethnic group in Pakistan.
The New Zealand women's national cricket team,nicknamed the White Ferns,represents New Zealand in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship,the team is organised by New Zealand Cricket,a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Sikhism is the predominant religion in the Indian state of Punjab,where roughly 60% of the state population follows it,but Sikh communities exist on every inhabited continent,with the largest total emigrant populations being in the United States,Canada,and the United Kingdom. India is the nation which has the largest percentage of Sikhs as a proportion of the total population,at 1.7% as per as 2011 census.
Neeru Bajwa is a Canadian actress,director and producer who has mainly worked in Punjabi and Hindi films. She started her career in 1998 with Dev Anand's Bollywood film Main Solah Baras Ki and then moved on to working in Hindi soap operas and Punjabi-language films.
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Diljit Dosanjh is an Indian singer,actor,film producer and television presenter who works in Punjabi and Hindi cinema. His films,including Jatt &Juliet,Jatt &Juliet 2,Punjab 1984,Sardaar Ji,Ambarsariya,Sardaar Ji 2,Super Singh,Sajjan Singh Rangroot,Shadaa and Honsla Rakh,are among the highest grossing Punjabi films in history.
Tejinder Singh "Babbu" Maan is an Indian singer-songwriter,music director,actor and film producer. Most of his artistic work focuses on Punjabi music and films. He is recognised as being among the biggest artists in Punjabi music.
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Amrit Maan is an Indian singer,lyricist and actor associated with Punjabi film and music. He rose to fame after the release of his debut,Desi Da Drum in 2015. He is also known for his debut film Channa Mereya.
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu,better known by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala,was an Indian singer,rapper,songwriter and actor associated with Punjabi music and Punjabi cinema. His career as a songwriter began with the song "License" by Ninja,and his singing career started with a duet song,"G Wagon". Following his debut,he collaborated with Brown Boyz for various tracks. Sidhu is generally regarded to have been one of the greatest Punjabi artists of his generation. Moreover,he was considered as a key figure in opening the door for Punjabi artists into mainstream music. In 2021,he joined Indian National Congress political party,and unsuccessfully contested the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election from Mansa.
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Jaskaran Singh "Karan" Aujla is an Indian singer and rapper who works predominantly in Punjabi music. He is known for his single tracks,14 of which have been featured in the UK Asian chart by Official Charts Company,while seven have featured in the Global YouTube music chart. His debut album BacTHAfucUP peaked at 20th on Billboard Canadian Albums chart and 34th on New Zealand albums chart,earning him the title of the Largest Digital Artist 2021 on Spotify and had been listed in their Most Popular Artists in Punjabi Music Industry.
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Punjabi New Zealanders are New Zealanders who are of Punjabi descent. Their ancestry originates wholly or partially in the Punjab region of South Asia,constituting a subgroup of Indian New Zealanders and Pakistani New Zealanders.
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