TAJIK CULTURE
Here is some information on Tajik culture. We will add more information over time.
MUSIC
Poetry, dance, music, storytelling, and colorful, bright wear lie at the heart of Tajik culture. One of the most popular Tajik dances is Qarsak-e Panjshir. Some important singers in Tajik culture in Afghanistan include Hangama, Mir Maftoon, Ghezal Enayat, Sharafat Parwani, Mozhdah Jamalzada, Taher Shubab, Amir Jan Sabori, Shahla Zaland.
FOOD
Delicious, hearty, mouth-watering food is also central to Tajik culture. Some hallmark dishes include manto, palau, tandoori bread, shorba, boolani, kichiri qoroot. Tajiks’ favorite drinks include green or black tea (chai),doogh, and sheerchai (or shoorchai in Badakhshan).
This is the hospitality of Afghanistan:
An aunty in another NZ city who I’ve never met knows of me because her daughter’s fiancé’s father is my mother-in-law’s cousin 😅
She sent homemade ashak with her daughter on the plane, especially for me 🥺
Fills my stomach & my soul ❤️ pic.twitter.com/rOymQDyBTR
— Muzhgan Samarqandi (@MuzhganSmrq) April 15, 2022
NOWRUZ
Important Tajik holidays include Nowruz (the New Year) and Shab-e Yalda. On Nowruz, people prepare Haft Miwe This year, Nowruz, 1401 or 2022, was different. Read more about Nowruz here.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIAAll the ingredients for my Haft Miwe were brought from Afghanistan (from Herat and Shamali).#Khorasan #Nowruz pic.twitter.com/qsR2B1SWa4
— History of Khorâsan and the Persianate World (@BiruniKhorasan) March 21, 2022
