Is Attan a Dance? Or not?

[Pakhtunzai]

You compare this to attan

I'm stumped

By the way guys I'm from punjab..I think I know!

Also punjabi bro, I don't mean any offense I'm just saying it how it is..I'm sorry if you got offended..

[Muslimah]

haha
I think attan requires some real talent to do. The way they spin the first video, even ballerinas can't spin that fast I was like wooooooooooooooooooooah! Is that for real?

[Mr.Niazi]

Attan kho attan wai ...chai lag sanay dài hum ye biya kho khowand kai

[شمله ور خراساني]

^We Maseeds do it very fast.

Yes. Attan of Waziristanis is probably one of the most beautiful and manly style of attan.

[Admin Khan]

^Agreed.

[Cookiemonster]

ITS A DANCE it is a traditional dance

[Millatpal Noorzai]

My favorite is this and i have GREAT RESPECT FOR ATTAN AND ITS PERFORMERS.Let's not judge them by damtob and professionalism.Who ever performs Attan is contributing towards the preservation of Pashtun/Pakhtun heritage.

YouTube - (((( REAL POKHTON ATTAN ))))

[abdul]

i have stated hating atan after seeing people with long hair making fools of them selfs

YouTube - Unbelievable Afghan attan 2010 dance,part 4,

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i'm taking about what happens between 0.23 and 0.40

when i see this kind of people i feel shame in being a pashtun

this is my opinion maybe some people love that about a atan but i hate it

[Feroza_Banu]

I don't like the whole "head banging" thing... especially when the young guys with loooong hair do it... it just looks sooo hmm... well.... gay!

my favorit attan (women's) is wardag attan... it has 3 steps and it is a little difficult to swirl around that much but thats what makes it so beautiful.

in guys i like zaazi (jaaji) attan

[Dreamer]

You got to love the attan of khattaks with swords

I am a Khattak and I can assure u that we do not do attan with swords... there may be some Khattaks who do but we do not...
as for attan being a dance.... yes, yes it is

[Dreamer]

You are a fake khattak then.

I have khattak friends from karak and they love attan with swords.

1 do not call me a FAKE khattak... there is more to being a khattak then dancing with a sword... we are not from Karak... besides we have left a lot of the backward customs
2 how dare a non khattak tell a Khattak what a khattak shld or shld not be doing! lol
concentrate on ur own tribes attan and leave ours alone!

[abubaker]

I know this dude.. they used to dance attan in wedding parties just for fun.
Recently they started getting paid for dancing attan.

Attan is not a business its a traditional dance.. Ghamai and his friends are doing wrong..

lol the dude[GHAMAI] got kicked out of the house by his father for ''DAMTOB''

[laevanay]

We need to preserve our dying customs and traditions. Sadly, the arabinization of Pakhtuns is killing off any opposing views that they do not agree with. Atan like many other cultural and entertainment aspects of the pakhtun society are being removed. We must preserve them!!!!

[Mayana]

LOOOOLLL @ Kanchani hahahahaha

Mrra swalama. Yeah, I don't consider it a dance. I agree with Sangar here, it's supposed to be military training.

[Michin Khel]

As salaamu aleikoum wa rahmatullahi wa baraktuhu,

I do not consider Attan to be a dance in the sense that it is common in other cultures. I see Attan as military training. However, lately Attan is becoming more like a dance and less like a military training.

The type of Attan I prefer is original authentic tribal attan that looks masculine and is really a heavy physical excersize.

The gay immitation of mujra as you see nowadays in videos is just an insult to our culture.

Correct Masculine Attan:




Gay Kanchani Mujra Attan:

Another question:
Attan is a good exercise or madness?