haṅgṛā (Punjabi: ਭੰਗੜਾ بھنگڑا; IPA: [pə̀ŋgɽäː]) is a form of music and dance that originated in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Bhangra began as a folk dance conducted by Punjabis to celebrate the coming of Spring, or Vaisakhi. This musical art further became synthesized after the partition of India, in which Sikh refugees from different parts of the Punjab shared their folk dances with their counterparts who resided in the regions they settled in.