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DANCE AFGHANISTAN
Qarsak
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...
Gardiz "Slam"
THE STORY In Gardiz they have a very interesting tradition in smaller villages. For weddings there are so to say a joke or singing "...
Chopbazi
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....
Attan
THE STORY Eastern Afghans are mostly Pashtun, and dancing definitely Attan because they are very proud. Other groups dance Attan, but...
Qarsak
THE STORY The Northern Alliance provinces dance rather Qarsak, a dance which takes place in a circle and where the singer stands in a...
Attan
THE STORY A lot of attan songs are patriotic. They’re help us to get in touch with our roots when we’re away from our country. My mother...
Qataghani
THE STORY Qata Ghani, which is a dance style being practiced by Tajik majority. Qata Ghani, which is a dance style being practiced by...
Ghuchai
THE STORY Among Hazara minority, there is another kind of dance style among Hazara called “ghuchai” and I don’t know how it is, but I...
Techno
THE STORY They do techno to Western music at some wedding parties or with friends. There was this group of Western dancers,...
Pishpo
THE STORY Pishpo, the word “pishpo” is like a sound… the sound of the… when the bird is singing, like “pishhh pishhh pishhh pishhh”… And...
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