Aziz Alemzay - ملی اتڼ

A musical interlude. Enjoy. The video here by Aziz Alemzay features the Attan.

راشهئ ځوانانو ملی اتڼ جوړ دی

عزیز عالمزی

 

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Attan 3 - More History

A Look Into Afghan History Through Attan (Part 2)

Final in the series on Attan and second part of the film on Afghan history.

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Attan 2 - A Journey Through History

A Look Into Afghan History Through Attan (Part 1)

I stumbled upon this documentary that takes us on a tour of Afghan history through the images and sounds of the Afghan National Dance, the Attan. Quite a clever idea as you can learn the history whilst enjoying the Attan.

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Attan 1 - National Dance

Warawaee Lasoona

Attan - the national dance of Afghanistan has been performed by the tribal Pashtoons for generations to celebrate weddings, births and other festive occasions. This was later modified into a ritual dance of soldiers to allow them to get "closer to Allah"* before they advanced on their missions and is now performed by men and women alike in a variety of forms from Khattak to Khost.

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* a pre-cursor to the traditions of the Darvesh (درویش)