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Bacha bazi carries the death penalty under Taliban law. [21] Article 170 of the first General Penal Code of Afghanistan, which was adopted in 1921 and called for a fine and jail time for keeping bachas , was the first law on bacha bazi in the history of modern Afghanistan.
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan is a 2010 documentary film produced by Clover Films and directed by Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi about the practice of bacha bazi in Afghanistan. The 52-minute documentary premiered in the UK at the Royal Society of Arts on March 29, 2010, [1] and aired on PBS Frontline in the United States on April 20.
"Bacha bereesh" (meaning "boys without beards" in Persian language) occasionally dance to entertain men at certain parties, especially in the north parts of Afghanistan. [28] Powerful patrons sometimes sexually exploit the dancers. [29] [30] It is estimated that about 10,000 men across Afghanistan engage in sexual activities with other men. [8]
Bacha posh (Pashto: باشا بوش, lit. 'dressed up as a boy', Dari : بچه پوشی ) [ 1 ] is a practice in Afghanistan in which some families will pick a daughter to live and behave as a boy.
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Bacha may refer to: . Bacha (surname) Bacha (given name) Leucocasia gigantea, also known as "bạc hà" in Vietnam, a Southeast Asian vegetable; Bacha bazi (sometimes known as "bacchá"), a Central Asian tradition of keeping boys as concubines as women and girls are forbidden to perform for men
Habibullah Kalakani (Dari: حبیبالله کلکانی , 19 January 1891 – 1 November 1929), derogatively [6] called "Bacha-ye Saqao" [7] [8] [9] (also romanized Bachai Sakao; literally son of the water carrier), was the ruler [note 1] of Afghanistan from 17 January [note 2] to 13 October 1929, as well as a leader of the Saqqawists.
Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pashto: عبدالغفار خان; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan (Pashto: باچا خان) or Badshah Khan (بادشاه خان, 'King of Chiefs'), was an Indian independence activist from the North-West Frontier Province, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British colonial rule in India.