Ask Sora anything

[henry007]

it's not the rural tajiks only. i spent most of my time in Dushanbe anyway. I've seen rural areas too. no big difference in look. and the afghans i've seen were refugees and poor but with all that you could be see their nice features.

The afghans looked like something like this?:

https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/imag...jshir-001a.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...aNk2Q&usqp=CAU

https://viceland-assets-cdn.vice.com...njshir-099.jpg

Or like this?

https://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2...zai_y_0712.jpg

https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content...403&quality=90

https://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/imag...2_58246471.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/3019/2...3db6ac72_b.jpg



While the tajikis looked like this?


https://d36tnp772eyphs.cloudfront.ne...be-940x624.jpg

https://img.news.sina.com/china/p/20...0912114055.jpg

https://en.cso-central.asia/wp-conte...djiks_girl.jpg

https://www.salamstock.com/content2/15390/thumb2.jpg

https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/20...ieldcraft1.jpg

[Sora]

Interesting. Why not? Y-DNA Q-242 exists in Many Turkic and Altaic communities, esp. Turkmens men. Silvids can look Turkic,

And what are the positive thoughts on them?

I don't know that much. But their autosomal dna is very different from us Turkics.

My positive thoughts on them is they have very unique culture & phenotypes, also genetics are so unique although they're part of Mongoloid race

[Seya]

The afghans looked like something like this?:

https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/imag...jshir-001a.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...aNk2Q&usqp=CAU

https://viceland-assets-cdn.vice.com...njshir-099.jpg

Or like this?

https://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2...zai_y_0712.jpg

https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content...403&quality=90

https://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/imag...2_58246471.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/3019/2...3db6ac72_b.jpg



While the tajikis looked like this?


https://d36tnp772eyphs.cloudfront.ne...be-940x624.jpg

https://img.news.sina.com/china/p/20...0912114055.jpg

https://en.cso-central.asia/wp-conte...djiks_girl.jpg

https://www.salamstock.com/content2/15390/thumb2.jpg

https://vaguard.dodlive.mil/files/20...ieldcraft1.jpg

all are accurate. the lighter types of afghans tend to be very good looking but all of them are pretty nice...definitely best looking people in central and south asia.
the tajiks have very disharmonious features. or at least this is how i see it. majority looks something in this range:



PS: Sora, sorry for this mess :/

[Synapsid]

I don't know that much. But their autosomal dna is very different from us Turkics.

My positive thoughts on them is they have very unique culture & phenotypes, also genetics are so unique although they're part of Mongoloid race

Would say there is some small links with Altaics? Like Shamanism and the great spirit (khan Tengri/Tanri)

[Sora]

Would say there is some small links with Altaics? Like Shamanism and the great spirit (khan Tengri/Tanri)

I don't know much about their religions but I've heard that there are some Shamans similar to Siberian Shamans in Latin America among Amerindian communities. Even I've watched a video about them



This video is about a Turkish traveler who visited Amazon natives and there is a shaman there

[Synapsid]

I don't know much about their religions but I've heard that there are some Shamans similar to Siberian Shamans in Latin America among Amerindian communities. Even I've watched a video about them



This video is about a Turkish traveler who visited Amazon natives and there is a shaman there

Does shamanistic like culture exists in Some Turks? Like Yoruk? I heard they tie ribbons on trees

[Sora]

Does shamanistic like culture exists in Some Turks? Like Yoruk? I heard they tie ribbons on trees

Not fully but yes. They have some figures which come from Tengrism or Shamanism, especially Yörüks as you said. Also Turkmens in Turkmenistan do that too

[Synapsid]

Not fully but yes. They have some figures which come from Tengrism or Shamanism, especially Yörüks as you said. Also Turkmens in Turkmenistan do that too

What's that tradition called in Turkish?

[Sora]

What's that tradition called in Turkish?

"Çaput bağlama"(Chah-poot bah-gh-lah-mah). Which literally means "Shoody fastening"

[Synapsid]

"Çaput bağlama"(Chah-poot bah-gh-lah-mah). Which literally means "Shoody fastening"

Interesting.
What does the Average Turkish woman think of the Byzantines? Were Seljuk women more free than Byzantine Greek women, or less free?