what is zanana kali (dress) in Afghanistan?

[Toramana]

Hi Kakargirl Khorai, actually I was more curious about Kandahar and other Pashtun areas...(I think I can guess to a certain degree about Jalabad...It would be more like our Swat-Dir or Bajaur or Momand in dress attitude)....Someday, I want to visit Kandahar to see how are the people...

My friend told me, Kandaharians are a proud people...

[kakargirl]

Hi Kakargirl Khorai, actually I was more curious about Kandahar and other Pashtun areas...(I think I can guess to a certain degree about Jalabad...It would be more like in our Swat-Dir or Bajaur or Momand in dress attitude)....Someday, I want to visit Kandahar to see how are the people...

My friend told me, Kandaharians are a proud people...

i'm so happy to hear that wror i think you will enjoy your stay inshallah, we are proud people ,but very kind too wror you will meet amazing people who will go out of their way to make you comfortable as you will be a guest wror , now you know the dress code too wror iv seen loads of swat women here in uk they wear same as us , and we get on with them everything is same , i adore this old swati woman called sucha bibi shes from swat .

[Toramana]

^ The capital has been more Westernized....but when has it not lol. Still, its half and half. Many of the females still wear kamis partug, and many wear Western cloths.

But outside of the capital city, they are very much rural conservatives.

That was what my observation was as well...that is people of Kabul are more Westernised whereas the rural lot is conservative...In Pekhawar, I observed the same thing i.e., rural people tended to be conservative...

[Toramana]

i'm so happy to hear that wror i think you will enjoy your stay inshallah, we are proud people ,but very kind too wror you will meet amazing people who will go out of their way to make you comfortable as you will be a guest wror , now you know the dress code too wror iv seen loads of swat women here in uk they wear same as us , and we get on with them everything is same , i adore this old swati woman called sucha bibi shes from swat .

Hahahaaa Lol...Kakargirl Khoray, that name made me laugh...It is a typical Swati name...other names can be Khapairai...Nambatha...Gulata (probably a deformation of Gulala...)....Barzamina, Sapa (Safa yanai clean lady), etc. etc.

It would be nice staying in Kandahar...Thanks for courtesy...

[Toramana]

This is how the Kabul school girls dress in



but if you are in the streets....the females should not wear colored shalwar kameez, they tend to get harrassed. I experienced it a few times. So they have to wear a long scarf that covers it up, or a black cloak over it.

Kabul women still practice burqas

That is a nice dress...

Moreover, what about the body cover (veil)? In our area, the most common dress for covering body for women when they go outside is "paronai", which is a long chaddur (usually white color) that women put on their head, shoulder, and rest of the body till knees ...

Shuttle-cock burqa is used by old women and by women in some areas. I think it is not an original Pashtun dress...It sounds to me Pashtuns adopted it from Dari speakers...I say this because the Hindko speakers in Peshawar city and other areas use black burqa or fashioni burqa as we locally have been calling it (now they have also started using paronai influenced by Pashtuns)....so Hindko speakers cannot be a source of this burqa...

This Arab Julab or Hijab is also being used now limitedly (i think more out of fashion)...

[kakargirl]

Hahahaaa Lol...Kakargirl Khoray, that name made me laugh...It is a typical Swati name...other names can be Khapairai...Nambatha...Gulata (probably a deformation of Gulala...)....Barzamina, Sapa (Safa yanai clean lady), etc. etc.

It would be nice staying in Kandahar...Thanks for courtesy...

aww wror really , i like her so much she reminds me of my grandmother, she always kisses my hands 1st then my forhead lol give dowa every time she comes and dresses in white clothes so cleanly pressed, sucha bibi is great mashallah

[Toramana]

aww wror really , i like her so much she reminds me of my grandmother, she always kisses my hands 1st then my forhead lol give dowa every time she comes and dresses in white clothes so cleanly pressed, sucha bibi is great mashallah

Elder women tend to be like that kissing you on forehead when they meet you and blessing you with a lot of duaganay (benidictions)...My thruryanai used to do that ...

[Toramana]

Hay people, I am sorry for asking too many questions and making you people bored...ghwandal khan already has expressed his impatience with me...

[Laila]

That is a nice dress...

Moreover, what about the body cover (veil)? In our area, the most common dress for covering body for women when they go outside is "paronai", which is a long chaddur (usually white color) that women put on their head, shoulder, and rest of the body till knees ...

Shuttle-cock burqa is used by old women and by women in some areas. I think it is not an original Pashtun dress...It sounds to me Pashtuns adopted it from Dari speakers...I say this because the Hindko speakers in Peshawar city and other areas use black burqa or fashioni burqa as we locally have been calling it (now they have also started using paronai influenced by Pashtuns)....so Hindko speakers cannot be a source of this burqa...

This Arab Julab or Hijab is also being used now limitedly (i think more out of fashion)...

Yes, majority of Kabulis, especially the younger ones wear that long chadar. I did throughout my visit, and so did majority of my cousins that were my age. Its because a long chadar is easier to move around there. Especially when going to pohantoon and such.

Not only white but also black. Though white is better for the heat.

I wore shalwar kameez all the time. Though i had to wear a long chadar such as you described. My plan was to meet some university administrators, hospitals, and orphanages....so i did bring some Western clothes with me.

Not sure of the history regarding burqa....but i just know that older women wear it mostly. But my 4 sister-in-laws wear burqa because they are straight from Laghman.

[Laila]

Hay people, I am sorry for asking too many questions and making you people bored...ghwandal khan already has expressed his impatience with me...

In that case, Pashtunforums would defeat its purpose, am i right?

[Toramana]

As a chiefly rural and nomadic population, the Pashtun dress of Pakistan and Afghanistan is typically made from light linens, and are loose fitting for ease of movement. The Pashtun dress includes shalwar kameez, which is differently made for males and females. Males usually wear kufi, sindhi cap, turban or pakul as traditional headgear. Leaders sometimes wear a karakul hat, like President Hamid Karzai and former monarchs of Afghanistan. Many non-Pashtuns in Pakistan and Afghanistan have also adopted the dress ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtun_dress

[Laila]

I did not see so much of Hijab styles in Kabul

[Toramana]

In that case, Pashtunforums would defeat its purpose, am i right?

Lol pertinent point....very true.

[Toramana]

In the image below, is the paronai (typical white robe/saadar)...When you scroll down the page...

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...w=1345&bih=426

[Laila]

Do you mean this? http://www.pashtunforums.com/99530-post16.html