Afghan Attan Dance

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Does any1 have any video or pics of Afridi or Orakzai tribe attan???? the reason why im asking is these are my tribes!!  How can this thread be complete without showing the attan of the true guardians of the Khyber Pass! and the untouched mountains of Tirah.

 

Also, in Pakistan there are many tribes that have different styles of Attan too like the Waziri attan (instead of clapping they use live guns in a synchronous manner!), Mahsud Attan, Quettawal (similar to Kandahari style ) of attan, let me see... any1 else im forgetting...mm... oh ya.. Yusufzai attan style ..

 

also, can u tell me how to add videos cuz i have a few attan video's i can add to.

 

Oh and one last quick question, one of my friends in Pakistan used to tell that the home of attan(originated) is from Paktia province?  is this true? can someone correlate this?

Again Awesome post

The closest I've ever been to paktia is at a place called Teri Mengal near Parachinar @ the border b/w Pakistan and Afghanistan, a very scenic area.  I think little by little, attan is becoming more and more prominent as people are shunning these mad mullahs(especially here in Pakistan) and beginning to appreciate their traditions.  I for one have always loved attan and appreciate it considerably.  It requires a dancer to be well coordinated, to be in peak shape fitness wise, and forming an ordered rank and file.. thus installing dicipline..  its social value is of great importance to our people.  there's a tradition in our family, where we used to entrusted with making the drums used in traditional attan' in my father's village and doing the final inspection especially before a major performance(pre-battle)..so perhaps i have a special affinity for attan..lol!! btw.. no has yet told me how to upload videos into this forum!!  i have a huge collection of attan videos if any 1 is interested.Allah Pa Aman

 

Its the famous female Pakistani Pashtun musician Zarsanga and famous Afghan Attan Singer, Daud Haneef.  They are singing the folk song Shinware Lawangeena.

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I pains me to see how under appreciated many of our singers are who have soo much talent but are only discovered near the end of their life or more than often, after they've died.  We need to encourage everyone to buy their cassetes and videos, hire them for functions, put them on TV more and help develop our very talented music industry which once it takes off.. which im sure.. will reach incredible heights!

 

We need to do more to appreciate these traditional singers.  Another singer whom Im a big fan of is sardar ali takkar especially his fathers work(Ghani Khan's poetry), they are true master pieces.

 

lets not forget Nashenas.. (adaakay moray daru makawa!... da me khwaga ashna pah zreh bonde vishtalayomaa..)...ok i think im gonna start singing...lol!

 

And a third singer who I can vouch for is Gulzar Alam, I've heard his tape, recordings and I've heard him live.. And I can tell you, he sounds completely the same, few singers can do such a thing!! so he also has my respect!