Attan

Attan

Today  am  going  tell   u  about   a  beautiful  dance form of  us pathans.

Attan is  a form of dance that originated in the pashtun region of Pakistan & Afghanistan.

Attan  began as  a  folk  dance conducted by pashtuns,in weddings ,newyears & informal gatherings.

Attan is a traditional pashtuns dance. It is said to be one of oldest Pashtun Pagan dance, some identify Attan as an a religious ceremony of early Zoroastrians placing it 2000 BCE, and some have placed even older going back to King Yama's celebration of Nowroz and warriors dancing and circling around the fire. This was later modified into an Islamic dance to allow the dancers to get 'closer to God' this virtual Attan practised by many Afghan poets and mystics had even reached to corners of Turkey.In my  city  where  i  live  its  also   called  kumbhar. Its hinko  word  for  Attan.In pakistan we have  diffrent styles &types . kochai  it is  performed in  Pakistan and  Afghanistan.wardag is  one  of famous style of Attan.Warziro is a  sensational style ofAttan  from Waziristan region of  pakistan.I  tharowlly  enjoy  Attan  in  my   brothers wedding .Me  liked Warziro  style.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKis65qrzng&feature=related