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This dance is performed with the musician tuning the beat to the technique of the performers. Logarai - From the Afghan province of Logar Logari dancers have always been known for their shyness and also for their rhythmic interruptions and spins during their local dance. Their Attan also has the trademark spins of the Logari style, using the ...
The Khattak (Pashto: خټک اتڼ , Urdu: رقص خٹک Khattak attan) is a swift martial attan dance usually performed while carrying a sword and a handkerchief (while not always are they holding a sword and handkerchief) by the tribesmen from the agile Khattak tribe of Pashtuns. Khattak dance is also a national dance of Pakistan. [1] [2]
Baghch-e-Simsim (باغچهٔ سم سم, "Sesame Garden") is a Dari- and Pashto-language co-production based on the American children's television series Sesame Street. The series launched in Afghanistan in December 2011, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and has aired on TOLO and Lemar .
Dance of bacha, Samarkand, 1905–1915, photo by Prokudin-Gorsky. According to German researchers, the practice of bacha bazi in modern-day Afghanistan was widely recognized by the 13th century. [23] Today, Afghanistan is one of the rare places where bacha bazi---a pederasty practice--has been preserved in the public consciousness. [24]
Laila Khan, a celebrated Pashto singer, who has also sung in Urdu, Arabic, and French. Pashto music is predominantly found in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and in major urban centers of Pakistan, including Peshawar, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi. There is a long oral tradition of Pashto folk music, which includes genres such as ...
A warrior poet by the name of Khushal Khan Khattak (1613–1690) was once the chief of this tribe, and his contributions to Pashto literature are considered as classic texts. [12] His life and times are one of the most chronicled and discussed subjects in Pashtun history, as he was active on the political, social and intellectual fora of his times.
Farzana Naz (Pashto: فرزانه ناز) is an Afghan female singer born in Baghlan, Afghanistan. She sings mainly Pashto songs and made her first songs in Pakistan, due to the unstable situation in Afghanistan. Her mother is a Dari speaker while her father belongs to the Pashtun tribe.
Artistic depiction of Sindhi soldiers during medieval times. Jamalo – Sindhi dance.; Jhumir: wedding dance.; Dhamal: performed by Sindhi Sufi devotees on Sufi shrines.The main performance is done by Sufi dervishes who wear long Jamas, special rings, necklaces and Sindhi faqeeri topi or turban.