Who do you think Pashtuns are most similar too?

[tilla_jogian]

Baloch are devout Muslims in the mosque but they don't bring mosque home with them. Baloch (and Brahui) culture is also on liberal side, especially in Pakistan, women and men may dance together, even shake hands upon meeting in some tribes.

Are you sure? because this is not permitted even among "beghairat" (as afghani say about us) punjabis in rural areas. Unless they belong to certain communities so can't speak for them. Punjabi women in rural areas don't have afghani style full burqa on, but people are pretty conservative overall. I have noticed Pakistani pashtun women (pashto speaking not punjabi pathans who I have never met one here) also don't wear burqa in Gujrat but Afghani ones do.

[Kushan Prince]

I'm telling you now, when you see the Black faces of ordinary Indic and Afro Balochan, you will probably deny any relation to them but you will accept the Pashtun-looking ones. Its a double standard because you will say the dark ones are not real Baloch but they are and you are in no position to deny that.

Lasbelo song:

Sheedi badsha hum badsha
Rang asan jo sabkha sono roop asan jo sab kha pyaaro

Translation:

Sheedis are kings
Our colour is the most beautiful of all and so is our appearance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmwOFHxbSeE

Baloch is a very vague term. They are not strong in preserving "Pure blood" and are not a connected family like Pashtuns are. Anybody who moves into a Baloch area and adopts their language and culture can be become part of the Baloch ethnic group. If a non-baloch man marry's a baloch woman then they can become part of the tribe as well according to their customs.

Read the thread i opened on them, it explains how their values and culture work.

[Black Pakistani]

Are you sure? because this is not permitted even among "beghairat" (as afghani say about us) punjabis in rural areas. Unless they belong to certain communities so can't speak for them. Punjabi women in rural areas don't have afghani style full burqa on, but people are pretty conservative overall. I have noticed Pakistani pashtun women also don't wear burqa in Gujrat but Afghani ones do.

Baloch women are independent and make important family decisions, they are highly regarded in social setting and women have a voice in Baloch cultural life. Very few Baloch women wear burqa, many also don't do parda or hijab or cover their head. Nomadic societies are less conservative, in Pashtun Kuchi tribes Kuchi women also have a similar role because they work equally or more than the men and they also look after family.

[Black Pakistani]

Baloch is a very vague term. They are not strong in preserving "Pure blood" and are not a connected family like Pashtuns are. Anybody who moves into a Baloch area and adopts their language and culture can be become part of the Baloch ethnic group. If a non-baloch man marry's a baloch woman then they can become part of the tribe as well according to their customs.

Read the thread i opened on them, it explains how their values and culture work.

Yes that's exactly true, so we can't say who is real Baloch or fake Baloch, we say we are all only Baloch regardless of tribe or ancestry. If someone is from a Balochi-speaking family living in a Baloch area, then he is also Baloch if he has nang o mayar and he identifies as Baloch. Brahui are also part of Baloch nation they just speak a different language.

[tilla_jogian]

Baloch women are independent and make important family decisions, they are highly regarded in social setting and women have a voice in Baloch cultural life. Very few Baloch women wear burqa, many also don't do parda or hijab or cover their head. Nomadic societies are less conservative, in Pashtun Kuchi tribes Kuchi women also have a similar role because they work equally or more than the men and they also look after family.

wow good for them, this is very surprising. Especially dancing together and hand shake is unheard of.

Well afghanis here live like gypsy which is just like nomadic life but their women folk are covered in taliban style burqa as soon as they get little older like 6-7 years or little more. The only pashtun women (who are not little kids or old women) without full burqa you will see here are the ones from KPK or maybe even FATA.

[Black Pakistani]

wow good for them, this is very surprising. Especially dancing together and hand shake is unheard of.

Well afghanis here live like gypsy which is just like nomadic life but their women folk are covered in taliban style burqa as soon as they get little older like 6-7 years or little more. The only pashtun women (who are not little kids or old women) without full burqa you will see here are the ones from KPK or maybe even FATA.

I know its very different from other Pakistani cultures but this is how the Baloch are. I think FATA women wear Afghan-style burqa but mostly KPK women don't wear it. Originally only women in cities wore burqa but Taliban made it more widespread. 20 years ago, you wouldn't have seen nomadic Kuchi Afghans wearing burqa.

[Toramana]

Pashtun women usually wear Paronay ---

Looks wise Pashtuns are more like Kohistanis, Pamiris, Wakhanis, Tajaks, etc. Pashtuns have their unique culture (in the sense of values and rituals) but as for material culture like food, dress, etc. Pashtuns may be similar to Tajaks and Baluchis.

[Black Pakistani]

The Pashto language is closest to Pamiri and specifically Wakhi, but culturally Pashtuns have very little similarities with Pamiri Ismaili people.

[Afghanfootball]

Pashtun women usually wear Paronay ---

Looks wise Pashtuns are more like Kohistanis, Pamiris, Wakhanis, Tajaks, etc. Pashtuns have their unique culture (in the sense of values and rituals) but as for material culture like food, dress, etc. Pashtuns may be similar to Tajaks and Baluchis.

Pretty much agree. As a people we are pretty much the same. However culturally we a very different than anyone in the in the world. What do you think of Turkmens? They dont seem to have the mongloid features like most Tajikistani Tajiks and Uzbeks.

[Espresso]

well I am not a Pashtun so I might be wrong , but according to me Pashtuns/Afghans are a lot like Turks IMO

[Toramana]

well I am not a Pashtun so I might be wrong , but according to me Pashtuns/Afghans are a lot like Turks IMO

So which nationality you are from.

[Espresso]

So which nationality you are from.

Canadian of south Asian (Indian ) origin (bihari) former east pak/Bangladesh though I grew up out side of south Asia only visit india/pak/bd to meet relatives

you can call me an indo-pak peace nik if you want ,though I hate both the hard liners of India (RSS/hindutwa) & Pakistan (Establishment ) I am sort of a very pro democratic type guy
my relatives suffered the partition of Indian sub continent & they got divided world over i think it was a blunder

[tripledouble]

Canadian of south Asian (Indian ) origin (bihari) former east pak/Bangladesh though I grew up out side of south Asia only visit india/pak/bd to meet relatives

you can call me an indo-pak peace nik if you want ,though I hate both the hard liners of India (RSS/hindutwa) & Pakistan (Establishment ) I am sort of a very pro democratic type guy
my relatives suffered the partition of Indian sub continent & they got divided world over i think it was a blunder

u don't know any thing about pashtuns, to link them turks bahhaha, so naive tsk tsk tsk tsk

[Yousufzai]

well I am not a Pashtun so I might be wrong , but according to me Pashtuns/Afghans are a lot like Turks IMO

We don't have much to do with Turks, actually.

I'd say Pashtuns have the most in common with the non-coastal Baloch communities in Pakistan and Iran. I've heard some people say we're like Tajiks, but I've never lived with any Persians so I can't confirm this.

u don't know any thing about pashtuns, to link them turks bahhaha, so naive tsk tsk tsk tsk

Dude, of course he wouldn't know much about Pashtuns, he's not from our region. A lot of people visit here to learn more.

[Afghanfootball]

Tajiks are not Persians.