THE STORY I was from the beginning shy, and at some point when I was in Germany trying to go to the disco, I had anxiety because I just...

THE STORY In the last 10 years I have not danced. I guess as of age 27, I dance simply less. I used to dance regularly at the weekend,...

THE STORY Attan is a very militaristic dance. Very much value lays on rotation movement in the dance, the rotation around itself and its...

THE STORY Mazari dance, that is in the north, in Mazar-e-Sharif. In Loghar, for example, Loghari or Qata Ghani are danced. Though these...

THE STORY There are in Afghanistan primarily those typical Afghan dance where people are in a circle. That's mainly in the Pashtun...

THE STORY Qarsak, I learned through all the video clips. You can tell that it's Qarsak by the musicians, because then it is not only...

THE STORY In Gardiz they have a very interesting tradition in smaller villages. For weddings there are so to say a joke or singing "...

THE STORY Chopbazi is a kind of Attan, but only for Afghan-Indian. This can be seen sometimes in the east, in the south, and in Kabul....

THE STORY Eastern Afghans are mostly Pashtun, and dancing definitely Attan because they are very proud. Other groups dance Attan, but...

THE STORY The Northern Alliance provinces dance rather Qarsak, a dance which takes place in a circle and where the singer stands in a...