The ethnic groups of Afghanistan

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Afghan attan or "circle dance" apparently has Greek origins

The Macedonian hat has Afgan origins

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Qizilbash in Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qizilbash#Afghanistan

Qizilbash in Afghanistan live in urban areas, such as Kabul, Herat or Mazari Sharif, as well as in certain villages in Hazarajat. They are descendants of the troops left behind by Nadir Shah during his "Indian campaign" in 1738.[43][44] Afghanistan's Qizilbash held important posts in government offices in the past, and today engage in trade or are craftsmen. Since the creation of Afghanistan, they constitute an important and politically influential element of society. Estimates of their population vary from 60,000 to 200,000.[45][46] They are Persian-speaking Shi'i Muslims and are usually linked to the Fārsīwāns and Tājīks of the country.

Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone described the Qizilbash of Kabul in the beginning of the 19th century as "a colony of Turks," who spoke "Persian, and among themselves Turkish."[47] Described as learned, affluent, and influential, they appear to have abandoned their native Turkish language in favour of Persian, and became "in fact Persianized Turks".[48] Lady Florentia Sale (wife of Sir Robert Henry Sale) and Vincent Eyre – both companions of Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone – described the Qizilbash of Afghanistan also as "Persians, of Persian descent".[49][50]

The influence of the Qizilbash in the government created resentment among the ruling Pashtun clans, especially after the Qizilbash openly allied themselves with the British during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842). During Abdur Rahman Khan's massacre of the Shi'i minorities in Afghanistan, the Qizilbash were declared "enemies of the state" and were persecuted and hunted by the government and by the Sunni majority.

I should probably add this to the original post, seems significant. Thanks.

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The Macedonian hat has Afgan origins

Yup. And this kabuli guy wears it better than Macedonians.



Just kidding. So during the Alexander the Great period, it was a lot of Balkanic people? I know Greeks, Bulgarians, and Macedonians were there, but Albanians were too?

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Afghan attan or "circle dance" apparently has Greek origins

According to Afghan historian Ahmad Ali Kohzad, Attan, Qarsak-e-Panjshiri (Tajik folk music), and Nuristani folk dances have Indo-Iranian (Bactrian) origins.

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Yup. And this kabuli guy wears it better than Macedonians.



Just kidding. So during the Alexander the Great period, it was a lot of Balkanic people? I know Greeks, Bulgarians, and Macedonians were there, but Albanians were too?

The ancestors of Bulgarians and Macedonians of Fyrom were still in the Steppes

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According to Afghan historian Ahmad Ali Kohzad, Attan, Qarsak-e-Panjshiri (Tajik folk music), and Nuristani folk dances have Indo-Iranian (Bactrian) origins.

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I can't discern something familiar in those dances

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Yup. And this kabuli guy wears it better than Macedonians.



Just kidding. So during the Alexander the Great period, it was a lot of Balkanic people? I know Greeks, Bulgarians, and Macedonians were there, but Albanians were too?

That guy is a Tajik from Takhar, not Kabuli.

Interesting article on the Pakol- https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org...-of-the-pakol/

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I can't discern something familiar in those dances

You're right, I just mistook names. The one that has Greek origins is the khattak dance using swords like the pashtuns here are doing

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Here's a video, pretty cool

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Very nice phenotypical diversity!