Monday, December 28, 2009

General information about Afghanistan

Culture and Traditions
  • Afghanistan’s culture has been around for millennium since Arab-Muslim conquest.
  • Different regions in the country have their own unique traditions reflecting the characters of the specific nation.
  • Traces of pre-Islamic traditions from Buddhism, Hinduism, and Zoroastrianism.
  • Afghanistan has been a cross road for Pakistan, Iran, and middle east which has influenced its culture.
  • Hand crafts are one of the crucial sector of our arts but the art of making carpets and rugs are world wide prominent for centuries.
  • Also Afghanistan is known for making beautiful and oriented rugs.
  • Afghan carpets with certain prints make them unique.

Carpets:


Music:
  • Being In Asia Afghanistan has been influenced by eastern music.
  • Kabul (the capital of Afghanistan) has long been the regional cultural capital.
  • Herat’s (a province) music has been praised widely, which is more closely related to Iranian music.
  • Afghanistan had terrific musicians who were warmly welcomed by the Indian expert musician and were named as “Baba e Mosiqe” (Father of music)

Peotry:

  • Afghan poems are mostly written in Dari and in Pashto.
  • The most famous forms of poetry are:
    Ghazal and Charbaiti
  • We had world famous persian poets.
  • Maulana Jalaluddin Balkhi has world wide fame.

Maulana Jalaluddin Balkhi (1207-1273)




National Dress of Afghanistan:

Afghan's National Game "Buzkashi":


Architecture:
UNESCO has acknowledged Afghanistan role by declaring the “Minaret of Jam” and the “Bamyan Valley"


Historical Places of Afghanistan:
Ghazni Province


Bamyan Province:


Herat Province (Jame Jam):




























































































































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  1. Hi, this is PCNB (Presidential Council on Nation Branding). How have you been doing? We’ve been sending WSK Newsletters and other announcements on a regular basis, but it seems that not too many of you are checking emails. The email regarding the invitation to the musical “Sachoom” (scheduled Feb. 24) doesn’t seem to have reached many of you either. It’s regretful that just a few will be watching that wonderful musical. We are planning a cultural tour sometime in March, so please keep your eyes out for the announcement. Also, we are going to make more frequent visits to your blogs and check your postings. So, make sure you keep up with your blogging activities. If you have any questions or messages for us, feel free to contact! (mkshin@koreabrand.go.kr / 02-2280-2778)

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