Afghan Culture And Culture

AFGHAN CULTURE AND TRADITIONS

Afghanistan is address to different cultures, language and traditions and every group has its own uniqueness and its own way of living. Even after the country’s infrastructure was badly destroyed during the civil war, people didn’t lose hope and they again started building their homes. Even after such tragedy people again started assembling at chai kahnas (Tea house) which is also called Samawar, and in urban places like restaurant they participates in sports, festivals and play games. The tape emits loud and raucous music. People of are Afghanistan mostly follow the religion Islam. Afghans have a tradition of cultural and also modern afghan music. Traditional afghan music is unique charm which acts as part of the celebrations. People treat themselves during the holy Nawroz celebration. This is the Persian New-year and is celebrated in the regions where there is Persian influence or migrants from Iran. Afghans show fierce loyalty to their respective tribes. They also believe that Islamic law allows every 'believer' to keep arms when ordered by the ruler. This requirement becomes more important because of the geographical location and the difficult living conditions to survive in the mountains. They show very simple but at the same time very nourishing cuisine which comprises of hand baked bread and vegetable or meat preparations. Their food is very rich and spicy, keeping the climatic conditions in mind. Their simple and down to earth lifestyle has worked in both the ways in favour of them as well as against them. In the past many times their friendly nature has been misguided as a compromising attitude which led to the present political conditions. Afghans are hardworking and to an extent non interfe...

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...e east with China which is about 76 kilometres. It has four major rivers. In the east it has Kabul which flows into the Indus River, in North it has Oxus (Amu Darya) which flows into the Aral Sea, Helmand in south-west and Morghab in the West.

DEMOGRAPHY

The population of Afghanistan was 28,395,716 in the year 2010 and it has reached Thirty One Million estimated in the year 2013 and it includes 2.6 million afghan refugees which are temporarily residing in Iran and Pakistan. More than 99% of the population follows Islam. 80-89% population is follows Sunni Islam practice and the remaining 10-19% follows Shia Islam practices. And the remaining 1% population follows Hinduism or Sikhism. And currently there are thirteen major ethnic groups present in the Afghanistan which are

Pashtun,Baluch,Aimak,Turkmen,Chahar,Hazara,Arab,Pashai,Nuristani,Persian,Uzbek, Kirghiz, Baluch