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Pishpo
WHERE PISHPO IS PRACTICED
STORYTELLER PROFILE
WHERE THIS STORY
WAS SUBMITTED FROM:
Kabul, Afghanistan
STORYTELLER'S AGE:
30
STORYTELLER'S
GENDER:
Male
STORYTELLER'S
ETHNICITY:
Hazara
PISHPO DESCRIPTION
Pishpo, the word “pishpo” is like a sound… the sound of the… when the bird is singing, like “pishhh pishhh pishhh pishhh”… And when the women are dancing, they have to use two hands here, this part, and then swirling around and singing… And it is only among Hazara. You cannot find any female dance style among any other ethnic group.
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