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You can visit anytime you want. Outside visitors do come all the time. It's not as dangerous as the media portrays. Tourists used to visit these places all the

You can visit anytime you want. Outside visitors do come all the time. It's not as dangerous as the media portrays. Tourists used to visit these places all the time. But they stopped coming as much after 9/11. Nowadays it's pretty much normal and peaceful. There are alot of foreign YouTubers who have made vlogs. You should check em out.

082349872349872 6y ago
Is there any buzkashi in your area? Polo? Other equestrian sports? (for instance, similar or different to those in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24304267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24304267 ) Any knife/sword dances similar to the circassian https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24108561 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24108561 ? Also, I have a question downthread looking for music recommendations...
- arbhassan 6y ago
  Yes polo is also played but mostly in the chitral and gilgit areas. Knife/Sword dancing is also a part of pukhtoon culture. Regarding the music recommendation this[1] is one my favorite song. Also other songs from this band are awesome. Enjoy! [1]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ksJnzQKprzc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ksJnzQKprzc [2]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZywPW8t_kUA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZywPW8t_kUA
  - 082349872349872 6y ago
    Manana! Now I'll also have to look up Hamza Baba...
  - 082349872349872 6y ago
    Two architectural questions about Thama (which spoke to me because the mountains there, as do those of Swat, remind me of my own): - what are the ruins at 2:42? I would've thought they were english gothic... - what is the structure at 5:33? My guess would be they are similar to our structures[1] (which I have also seen as far west as spain) meant to store and dry fodder (and incidentally dry and store meat for people). They can be seen at 0:34 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltXpMuH8SI4&t=34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltXpMuH8SI4&t=34 (Is the peasant collecting material to build the walls of these at 2:50 in Hamza? Or are what look like sticks to me for something else?) [1] Not only was it easier to move animals to feed than feed to animals in the olden days, but multiple independent stores were less susceptible to fire. In troubled times, as most bandits and taxmen stayed down in the bottoms of the valleys, their contents were also more likely to remain in the farmers' hands.
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  On the dance front, encouraged by arbhassan (and sidetracked by Nazia Hassan), so far I've found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2zKi04Jek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2zKi04Jek
donw 6y ago
> It's not as dangerous as the media portrays. I strongly suspect that is a universal truth.

082349872349872 6y ago

Is there any buzkashi in your area? Polo? Other equestrian sports? (for instance, similar or different to those in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24304267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24304267 ) Any knife/sword dances similar to the circassian https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24108561 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24108561 ? Also, I have a question downthread looking for music recommendations...

arbhassan 6y ago
Yes polo is also played but mostly in the chitral and gilgit areas. Knife/Sword dancing is also a part of pukhtoon culture. Regarding the music recommendation this[1] is one my favorite song. Also other songs from this band are awesome. Enjoy! [1]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ksJnzQKprzc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ksJnzQKprzc [2]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZywPW8t_kUA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZywPW8t_kUA
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  Manana! Now I'll also have to look up Hamza Baba...
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  Two architectural questions about Thama (which spoke to me because the mountains there, as do those of Swat, remind me of my own): - what are the ruins at 2:42? I would've thought they were english gothic... - what is the structure at 5:33? My guess would be they are similar to our structures[1] (which I have also seen as far west as spain) meant to store and dry fodder (and incidentally dry and store meat for people). They can be seen at 0:34 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltXpMuH8SI4&t=34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltXpMuH8SI4&t=34 (Is the peasant collecting material to build the walls of these at 2:50 in Hamza? Or are what look like sticks to me for something else?) [1] Not only was it easier to move animals to feed than feed to animals in the olden days, but multiple independent stores were less susceptible to fire. In troubled times, as most bandits and taxmen stayed down in the bottoms of the valleys, their contents were also more likely to remain in the farmers' hands.
082349872349872 6y ago
On the dance front, encouraged by arbhassan (and sidetracked by Nazia Hassan), so far I've found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2zKi04Jek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2zKi04Jek

donw 6y ago

> It's not as dangerous as the media portrays. I strongly suspect that is a universal truth.