what is zanana kali (dress) in Afghanistan?

[Toramana]

I thought it is the tradional gagra but what I see in the clip below is different.



I am sorry for posting the above clip but i thought it might not be private because it was on youtube.

[Laila]

Nope, not our traditional clothing.

[Toramana]

Nope, not our traditional clothing.

I mean what is the routine, daily life zanana dress---the tradional gagra or the one in the above clip?

[Laila]

Well we dont wear traditional dresses on a regular basis. We wear simple kameez. Though many times in fancy functions amongst women, many females like to dress up in fancy clothes like that, Kabul is quite popular of it. Not so sure about Kandahar. In rural areas, dressing like that is out of the norms.

[faye]

no, videos like that are an invasion of peoples privacy, i think. where they are so naturally relaxed and probably don't realise the world is going to see them.

[*Mahzala*]

I haven't been to Afghanistan, but from what I know, people wear 'kamarchin' dresses; dresses which have a 'chin' at the 'mlaa' with spin partuguna. Others wear 'jaakat daaman' which is a two-piece - shirt and skirt. And it depends on fashion too, what's in.

[Toramana]

Well we dont wear traditional dresses on a regular basis. We wear simple kameez. Though many times in fancy functions amongst women, many females like to dress up in fancy clothes like that, Kabul is quite popular of it. Not so sure about Kandahar. In rural areas, dressing like that is out of the norms.

Thanks Laila for info...

I heard from my friends from Waziristan and Bajuar that women used the tradional gagra until late 80s and early 90s but now they have gone for the modified light-weight versions of kamis and partug...

[Toramana]

no, videos like that are an invasion of peoples privacy, i think. where they are so naturally relaxed and probably don't realise the world is going to see them.

OK faye...sorry I am going to remove them...was already feeling guilty posting them...thanks for reminding...

[Toramana]

I haven't been to Afghanistan, but from what I know, people wear 'kamarchin' dresses; dresses which have a 'chin' at the 'mlaa' with spin partuguna. Others wear 'jaakat daaman' which is a two-piece - shirt and skirt. And it depends on fashion too, what's in.

I think that i.e, "jaakat daaman" with skirt would be true of cities like Kabul etc.

[*Mahzala*]

I think that i.e, "jaakat daaman"would be true of cities like Kabul etc.

From what I know, people in cities like Kabul don't sport conservative attire.

[Laila]

I haven't been to Afghanistan, but from what I know, people wear 'kamarchin' dresses; dresses which have a 'chin' at the 'mlaa' with spin partuguna. Others wear 'jaakat daaman' which is a two-piece - shirt and skirt. And it depends on fashion too, what's in.

I was very surprised to see how fashionable Kabuli women were. I went to a wedding, and i wore just this plain simple black dress i had packed with me. As i entered, i felt completely underdressed. There were women that wore wearing very lavish gowns and other sorts.

[*Mahzala*]

I was very surprised to see how fashionable Kabuli women were. I went to a wedding, and i wore just this plain simple black dress i had packed with me. As i entered, i felt completely underdressed. There were women that wore wearing very lavish gowns and other sorts.

Forty years ago, Kabul was considered the playground of South East Asia, a city booming with art, where girls wore the cowboy American attire to university and attended fashionable parties that mirrored the night life of Paris, sporting Chanel miniskirts and Guy Laroche cosmetics. In all honesty, I wouldn't be surprised. When my mother, who I think would be the most conservative woman I know, tells me about what she wore, when and where she did in her youth and her early married life before moving here, I am very very surprised. And what she tells me about it now, even more.

[ComradePashtun]

Toramana, peera ta naar ye ka shaza? lol

[Laila]

Forty years ago, Kabul was considered the playground of South East Asia, a city booming with art, where girls wore the cowboy American attire to university and attended fashionable parties that mirrored the night life of Paris, sporting Chanel miniskirts and Guy Laroche cosmetics. In all honesty, I wouldn't be surprised. When my mother, who I think would be the most conservative woman I know, tells me about what she wore, when and where she did in her youth and her early married life before moving here, I am very very surprised. And what she tells me about it now, even more.

Yes. My father showed me pictures of his pohantoon years. He looked like Ashton Kutcher. He was wearing bell bottoms, had sunglasses on all the time, and medium length hair, driving a beetle, listening to The Beatles.

My mother wore skirts, coats, dresses, permed her hair, etc. I was surprised to also hear and see this. But it was all normal.

[Toramana]

Toramana, peera ta naar ye ka shaza? lol

Hahahahaaa...ghwandal khan kho rabandai score okoo...Za nar yama shpag futa (feet)...asai curiosity mai wa...pa dai waja mai tapos oko....