Transcript Daily life as a Afghan citizen

Daily life as a Afghan citizen
Abbie Zabrieszack
Lakin Redmond
Clothing
• Women wear baggy trousers, long shirts belted with sash, and
a cotton cloth to cover their head. They must wear pants
underneath or they will be considered immodest and have a
harder time with how men treat them.
• Men wear loose fitting shirts that goes to their knees, full
trousers tied at the waist with a string, and a vest is usually
worn over the shirts. The adult males wear turbans.
• Their footwear consist of chaplay, thick leather shoes.
• The clothing they wear really reflect on their cultural beliefs.
What does an Afghan’s clothing
choices suggest about their position in
the culture?
• Women’s clothing emphasizes a wife look
because they save their beauty for their
husbands.
• Men’s clothing demonstrates a look of royalty
because of their exotic turbans and white
qmis (loose fitting shirt).
What does traditional Afghan clothing
suggest about cultural values?
• The Afghan people like everything to be
modest.
• The clothing is fitted to religious needs.
How do Afghan recreational activities
illustrate cultural priorities?
• Kite fighting: a game where they try to cut one
another kite string with their kite and see
whose kite last the longest.
• Hound racing
• Buzkaski: a horse mounted player attempts to
drag a goat or calf carcass toward a goal.
Afghan economy & its current
challenges
• Extremely poor
• 90% of the worlds opium supply (drug supply)
• One of the least developing countries