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Music and dance and Festivals of pashtoon culture

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 Music and dance of pashtoon culture:- Traditional Pashto music is mostly klasik ghazals, using rubab or sitar, tabla, portable harmonium, flute and several other musical instruments. Rubab, robab or rabab (Pashto: روباب, Persian: رُباب‎, Urdu: روباب‎, Azerbaijani: Rübab, Turkish: Rübab, Tajik and Uzbek рубоб) is a lute-like musical instrument originating from Afghanistan. The rubab is one of the national musical instruments of Afghanistan.It proliferated throughout West, Central, South and Southeast Asia. It derives its name from Arabic rebab 'played with a bow'; in Central Asia, however, the instrument is plucked and is distinctly different in construction. The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, ...

Economy and Games of kpk

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Economy of kpk:- The economy of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province of Pakistan, is the 3rd largest in the country. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's share of Pakistan's total GDP has historically comprised 10.5%, although the province accounts for 11.9% of Pakistan's total population, rendering it the second-poorest province after neighboring Balochistan.  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the province of lush mountains and greenery-filled valleys, is the third-largest province in the country with an average contribution of 10% to the economy of Pakistan. In fact, the economy of the province reaps a hefty revenue from three major sectors, i.e. agriculture, industry, and services. Among the major sectors in which KPK makes a contribution, the agriculture sector is the most prominent. The agriculture sector accounts for around 22% of the provincial GDP as well as employs around 44% of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s labor force. For a country that is predominantly agrarian in nature, the signifi...

Climate and Mines and minerals in kpk

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Climate of kpk : - Add caption The Valley of Peshawar is covered with consolidated deposits of silt, sands and gravel of recent geological times. The flood Plains/Zones are the areas between Kabul River and Budni Nala. The meander flood plain extends from Warsak in the Northwest towards Southeast in the upper Northern half of the district. The Kabul river enters the district in the Northwest. On entering the Peshawar Plain, the Kabul River is divided into several channels. Its two main channels are the Adizai River Eastward flows along the boundary with Charsadda Distric. Peshawar  Winter in Peshawar starts from mid November to the end of March. Summer months are May to September. The mean maximum temperature in summer is over 40 °C (104 °F) and the mean minimum temperature is 25 °C (77 °F). The mean minimum temperature during winter is 4 °C (39 °F) and maximum is 18.35 °C (65.03 °F). Swat:-            ...

Pashtoon cultural clothing and cultural dishes

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Pashtoon cultural clothing: As a chiefly rural and tribal population, the Pashtun dress of Afghanistan is typically made from light linens, and are loose fitting for ease of movement. The Pashtun clothes are differently made for males and females. Peshawari chappal, a type of Pashtun footwear mostly worn in the Peshawar region. Pashtun culture Shalwar Kameez Khet partug Waistcoat Pakol Male clothes:- he traditional male dress includes the Khet partug and Perahan wa tunban. Males usually wear kufi, Peshawari cap, turban, sindhi cap or pakul as traditional headgear. Pashtun Leaders sometimes wear a karakul hat, like former President Hamid Karzai and former monarchs of Afghanistan. The traditional man’s outfit includes trousers (partug or shalwar) with a drawstring (partugghakh), a knee-length shirt (kamiz), and a waistcoat (waskat). Famale clothes:- The traditional female dress is the Firaq partūg. Women typically wear solid-coloured ...

Pashtoon culture history and Historical and tourism palaces

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Pashtoon culture history: The history and the origins of Pathans has been a controversial debate however not much of a consensus could be formed . There were theories ranging from Pakhtuns having an Aryan, Jewish, Arab or mixed origin. None was convincing enough to form a conclusion. Patahns are extremely obsessed and curious to know about their origin of their race, however it might not be a major concern for many other races. Some people believe that they might also be related to Khalid bin walid and as a result of which Pathans might also have an Arabic origin. While another school of thought relate them to of Adolf Hitler’s that has a  link to the Afghans to the Aryans and ultimately a linkage to Pathans of Peshawar. Globally, the Pashtuns are estimated to number around 50 million,[25] but an accurate count remains elusive due to the lack of an official census in Afghanistan since 1979. The majority of the Pashtuns live in the region regarded as Pashtunistan, w...