Concept of sra-spin (red-white)

[khel]

Have an of you heard of this before?
People refer to me as sra spin and supposedly it is a good thing though I don't like it as my face can go very red when angry/stressed.

Is this a mainly Pakistani concept of do Afghans say it as well?

[Manzareh]

it means your pink like a pig, in other words they are hinting that your too fat.

[Brown Skinned Savage]

I always thought sra spin was used for new born babies. like a healthy baby.

[khushal]

It means you have the young and healthy look.

and yes we in Afghanistan use it as well.

[DaZahroJaam.]

for the same reason as white people refer to brown skinned people as "exotic". people in general are naa deeda. they tend to drool over the physical aspects of those who don't have much in common with the majority.

[Khostai]

Is it me or all the sra spin in afghanistan are freaking ugly.

[DaZahroJaam.]

i used to have this classmate in 5th grade, she was so fair and she had redish eyelashes. we would call her soor megai. the poor thing would turn pink, then red and then burst in tears. poor thing.

[Samandri]

Its 'Sur spin', 'sra' would be plural. In urdu they say "surkh o sapaid". You are a man, how it is a good thing for you to have glowing sur spin makh like maidens?

[Shapur]

Sra aw spina (red and white) is mainly used for females and is considered attractive and healthy trait. Good luck getting married in my tribe if you are a girl and not sra aw spina. LOL
The sra aw spina pashtuns refer to is not of the white northern european variety but closer to the middeteranean variety. Some one like Ghazala Javed (RIP) would be good example of what is meant by sra aw spina.

For males ghanum rangai or wheat or olive complexion is preferred but not too dark as that indicates outdoor labourer of lower status.

[HalloIsBack]

in russian we say Будто кровь с молоком .=like blood with milk it means this person look good and healthy and maybe also good looking

[HalloIsBack]

so this concept exist in every culture!