Sohni Mahiwal
Tragic romance of Sindh and Punjab / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sohni Mahiwal or Suhni Mehar (Sindhi:سھڻي ميھار; Punjabi: سوہݨی مہین٘وال, ਸੋਹਣੀ ਮਹੀਂਵਾਲ) is one of the seven popular tragic romances of Sindh. The other six are Umar Marvi, Momal Rano, Sassui Punnhun, Lilan Chanesar, Sorath Rai Diyach, and Noori Jam Tamachi.[1] In Punjab, it is four of the most popular romances. The other three are Heer Ranjha, Sassui Punnhun and Mirza Sahiban.[2][3][4][5]
Sohni Mahiwal Suhni Mehar | |
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Folk tale | |
Name | Sohni Mahiwal Suhni Mehar |
Country | Pakistan • India |
Region | Sindh • Punjab |
Origin Date | 10th century |
Sohni Mahiwal is a tragic love story which inverts the classical motif of Hero and Leander. The heroine Sohni, unhappily married to a man she despises, swims every night across the river using an earthenware pot to keep afloat in the water, to where her beloved Mahiwal herds buffaloes. One night her sister-in-law replaces the earthenware pot with a vessel of unbaked clay, which dissolves in water and she dies in the whirling waves of the river.[6]