| Afghanistan’s cultural areas are? |
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| Central Asia, Middle East, South Asia |
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| Afghanistan shares borders with: |
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| Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China, Pakistan |
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| What ethnic group makes up 50% of Afghanistan’s population? |
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| Used as blanket term for various Persion dialects, 30% Afghani population? |
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| Three regions most Tajiks reside? |
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Herat – (West)
Turkestan – (North)
Badakshan – (Northeast |
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| Where do most Pashto speakers live? |
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| Ethnic group that makes up 10% of Afghani population? |
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| Turkic, along with Uzbeks and Turkmens, mainly in the North |
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| Afghanistan’s Eastern Provinces were part of what Empire in the 16th-18th century? |
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| What are the four sources of Afghanistan’s Art Music? |
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1. elite, persianized Pashtuns
2. Persian Classical Poetry
3. North Indian Classical
4. Court music brought from Punjab |
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| What decade did Afghani Art Music reach its zenith? |
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| In what decade did Radio Afghanistan come into play? |
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| What are three common Afghani music venues? |
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| small city theaters, tea houses, spring fairs |
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1. 1978
2. 1979
3. 1979-1989
4. 1992
5. 1996-2001
6. 2001 |
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1. People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan take control
2. Us fund Mujahadeen
3. Soviet Occupation
4. Communist Regime topples
5. Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Civil War
6. U.S. War following 9/11 |
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| Short-necked lute with sympathetic strings |
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| Long necked lute, 3 string or 14 string with sympathetic strings |
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| 2 string, long necked lute |
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| long necked lute, sympathetic strings |
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| (Uzbek), 2 stringed frettless lute |
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| long end-blown flute – Pashtun/Baluch |
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| Long End-blown flute, Turkmen |
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| Pashtun Instrumental Ensemble |
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| Harmonium, vocals, rubab, sarinda, and dohul or tabla |
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| epic depicting historical events, often wars |
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1. two line, non-rhyming couplet set to music, compare to Haiku
2. sung to stock melodies
3. several strung together
4. from woman’s perspective, but sung by men |
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| What is the main group of influence for music in Herat? |
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| chaharbeti – what is it, and where is it from? |
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| singing quatrains in free rhythm, connections to classical singing style in Iran |
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| what is the most important instrument in Tajik Music? |
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| Typical Uzbek ensemble in Afghanistan? |
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| dambura, ghijak, finger cymbals, two singers |
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| What cultural cohort in Afghanistan targets audience members for satire? |
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| primarily vocal, sometimes dambura accompaniment |
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