Music and dance and Festivals of pashtoon culture

 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, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening.

Attan danceEdit:-

In this dance, the dancers perform to the beat of the music. It is typically performed by men and women. It involves 2–5 steps, ending with a clap given while facing the center, after which the process is repeated. The hips and arms are put in a sequential movement including left and right tilts, with the wrists twisting in sequence. 

Mahsud Attan (dance)Edit:-

This is a unique dance routine using rifles performed by the Mahsud tribe of Pashtuns in South Waziristan. Originally it was performed at times of war, but later became a cultural dance. The dancers dance empty handed and require only large drums. 

Waziri danceEdit:-  

Waziristan, a region of Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, is a large area and has a particular Pashtun culture. Two drummers and a flute player play a particular tune. All the Wazirs stand around them. 

Festivals of pashtoon culture:-

The festival featured a recreation of the historic Qissa Khawani Bazaar, and included a crafts bazaar, food court, Pashto musical and dance performances and many other attractions. The major objective of the festival was to promote national harmony and integration by reviving the old traditions of the bazaar and its activities.

The festival also hosted rounds of a rubab contest starting in Peshawar and concluding in Islamabad. The grand finale of the contest took place on Friday, when 15 contestants competed for the top prize. The contest was judged by master musicians Ustad Ghulab Afridi, Ustad Nazir Gul and Ustad Sabz Ali.

The inaugural ceremony also included an art exhibition titled Sulah which was a display of the works of ten contemporary artists from the Pakhtun belt in Pakistan and Afghanistan. 

Visitors were taken to a craft market set up in the PNCA lawns which offered products by artisans and retailers from Charsadda to Qandahar including hand-woven carpets, traditional jewellery, dresses from Balk, hand-beaten copperware, books and literature, Peshawari chapal, leather products and truck art.