Duff ~Daira ~ Daryaa

[Feroza_Banu]

Salamoona!

this is a very popular musical instrument amongst pashtoon women. most pashtoon women know how to play this. Women are creative enough to make songs , compose them and write lyrics and sing it to the beat of duff.

actually this musical instrument is very popular throughout afghanistan regardless of their ethnic background...

Do you know to play this? do u know songs that u can sing with this? any songs u remember that ur mom or grandma sings ?

do you still use this in ur parties, weddings, gatherings?

[IamDZJ]

my kaka bought me one from the banjara when we were getting bangri. i brought it to canada with me but it's resting somewhere under my bed. once again, i am useless when it comes to stuff like that.

[Laila]

I was going to buy a couple from Kabul....but it didnt fit in my luggage :/

Here in the US we still use it. Women gather in some parties and sing 'Bibi Sheeriny' and a few other cultural songs. We did it for my cousins after wedding party. It was fun to get around, sing, and clap....and dance to it (Afghani style)

I havent learned how to play, but i think once you start to practice doing it yourself, you should be able to get the hang of it.

I want my henna night to be very traditional in my village (not his lol), so most likely women will be doing their own music

[Feroza_Banu]

I love it but I can't play it. When my relatives had a wedding and the bride was coming they were all playing the it as the bride walked in they were singing songs along with it. So cute

do u know those songs that they sing?

In all of our Kandahari weddings this is used. In nokreezey shpa they play this all night along. It gets annoying after a while.

LOL @ gets annoying ...

on my own nukreezey shpa my in laws (the ones that came from keli) were singing with darya till like 5 in the morning. i was just sitting there and they were applying henna on my hands and singing. their singing continued till morning... i was sooooooooo sleepy after around 2 O'clock... but i had to sit until someone took pitty on me and said ... i think u need to go get some sleep ... u have a big day tomorrow... i was like..THANK GOD! and i ran to bed

but it was really traditional and cute... it was an experience of a life time

I was going to buy a couple from Kabul....but it didnt fit in my luggage :/

Here in the US we still use it. Women gather in some parties and sing 'Bibi Sheeriny' and a few other cultural songs. We did it for my cousins after wedding party. It was fun to get around, sing, and clap....and dance to it (Afghani style)

I havent learned how to play, but i think once you start to practice doing it yourself, you should be able to get the hang of it.

I want my henna night to be very traditional in my village (not his lol), so most likely women will be doing their own music

I bought three (during two trips) i managed to fit them in my bags... i bought two that are made from animal skin and one that is plastic kind famouse in India... its called "hindi dayra"

go for the traditional henna night...inshaALlah u won't regret it.

In Swat, we also play it for our ceremonies. All the women In my family know how to play it except my wife.

lol... does ur wife know how to sing?

I asked my parents about it and they said this is extremely active in Pashtun lands of Afghanistan. We call it Darya

yes very popular in afghanistan...

[Feroza_Banu]

I know how to play it... I usually get appointed to play this during our gatherings and parties... i am not that good but i am better than most women in our circle.

i learned it when i was very young and i was really interested to know how to play it.

I even know the shalai darya that is very popular amongst kandaaris...

[abubaker]

gulabashri mashkawa gul..... nana nana i dont remembe th rest lol

i still remember people singing this with a daria on a bus while we were going to the brides house

[Feroza_Banu]

gulabashri mashkawa gul..... nana nana i dont remembe th rest lol

i still remember people singing this with a daria on a bus while we were going to the brides house

LOL... gulbashrai rasha gul mai wakhla nor ma shkawa... da ghuncha dai bas da nor mashkawa gul

This is a historical thing for us...we also play it a lot... I know how to play it....nice thread Feroza.

u know how to play it? that is awesome!

Thanks!

[ijaz yousafzai]

I know the picture. But I never heard the names given ( darya, duff). Is this "Tumbal"? Tambal is a popular music instrument played by womenfolk on the " Orbal shpa" among the yousafzais. The popular songs like " zai che nave jorawoona", etc are sung by the girls in chorse.

[abubaker]

LOL... gulbashrai rasha gul mai wakhla nor ma shkawa... da ghuncha dai bas da nor mashkawa gul



u know how to play it? that is awesome!

Thanks!

one of our relative was named gulbashra.. man me and my sisters always drove her mad when ever she came over to our house, we would go the next room to where she was and start singing this song. My mother would always come after with a jaro lol

[abubaker]

I know the picture. But I never heard the names given ( darya, duff). Is this "Tumbal"? Tambal is a popular music instrument played by womenfolk on the " Orbal shpa" among the yousafzais. The popular songs like " zai che nave jorawoona", etc are sung by the girls in chorse.

its called tambal in peshawar and darya in Afghanistan

[Feroza_Banu]

I know the picture. But I never heard the names given ( darya, duff). Is this "Tumbal"? Tambal is a popular music instrument played by womenfolk on the " Orbal shpa" among the yousafzais. The popular songs like " zai che nave jorawoona", etc are sung by the girls in chorse.

its called tambal in peshawar and darya in Afghanistan

yeah darya in afghanistan...

one of the most popular songs in afghanistan played by many in many wedding is "Babo lalai" and no not the farhad darya version of "babo lalai" that one is different i guess the newer version. the oldest version and mostly played in every wedding is "Osh walarr zangoon tarralayyy osh wallarr... something something... baboo lalai"
sang mostly when the bride is about to leave...

i swear if u get to listen to this song u will get goose bumps... its just rich and beautiful with pashtoon culture. my grandma had the most beautiful voice and she would sing this song at my uncles' weddings...

i will search and see if i can find the song online.

[Feroza_Banu]

one of our relative was named gulbashra.. man me and my sisters always drove her mad when ever she came over to our house, we would go the next room to where she was and start singing this song. My mother would always come after with a jaro lol

LOL... thats evil. poor gulbashra...

something similar happen to me. I and my family along with my maamaa's kids were going to a relatives home named "bibi sheerni" my mamaa's kids were about 5 and 8 and 10... so all the way to that lady's home i would sing bibi sheerinai song for them. all the kids were singing it with me... once we reached there and we knocked on their door the lady came out to greet us... for some reason all the kids started... bibi sheerinai zairrai gulai.... we were soooooooooooo embarassed.

and i got a ear ful from my mom

[spogmai shaglay]

my Maternal grandmother says that my Grandfather played Rabab very well.....

[abubaker]

yeah darya in afghanistan...

one of the most popular songs in afghanistan played by many in many wedding is "Babo lalai" and no not the farhad darya version of "babo lalai" that one is different i guess the newer version. the oldest version and mostly played in every wedding is "Osh walarr zangoon tarralayyy osh wallarr... something something... baboo lalai"
sang mostly when the bride is about to leave...

i swear if u get to listen to this song u will get goose bumps... its just rich and beautiful with pashtoon culture. my grandma had the most beautiful voice and she would sing this song at my uncles' weddings...

i will search and see if i can find the song online.

hahaha

in laghman we say ''osh'' to a donkey when its too stubborn and wouldn't move

there is another song as well that goes something like this... zyaldi guli.... something something

[Feroza_Banu]

^LOLLL! @ osh... i meant to say "okh" in ur dielect...

i don't know the zayrri gulai song... there is one more reallyyy famouse

"masta mahbooba, masta mahbooba
ashuqaano ta katal kawei sor saalo pa sar ye hawai rata khandal kawei
masta mahbooba"