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"Dress is a powerful symbol of identity"
Afghangy from around the world publish photos in bright national costumes. So they protest against the Taliban* and Nichabov
In early September, the Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan, published a decree on the rules for visiting universities for women. According to this resolution, Afghan girls now not only study separately from men, but also obliged to wear a bucks that completely cover the body and most of the faces.
On September 12, in Kabul, a demonstrative action took place in support of the Taliban - 300 women put on black nizaby and gloves, completely covered their faces and gathered in the lecture hall to thank the Taliban for the restrictions introduced and publicly criticize those who refuse to cover their face. Whether this action was forced is unknown. Professor of History, Afghan Bahar Jalali says such laws are contrary to the Afghan national tradition. She posted on Twitter her photo in the traditional motley Afghan suit with embroidery and put the hashtag #Afghanistanculture. Now, under this and other tags (#AFANWOMEN, #WOMENOFAFAFGHANISTAN), you can find dozens of Afghanka accounts from all over the world in social networks that are photographed in unique national outfits - and in each of them the features of a particular province of the country are “sewn up”. So the girls are trying to convey that the Taliban attempt to put on Afghans in Nicaby and Burki is a manipulation. After all, historically, they always went in bright outfits with manual embroidery and small mirrors on their chests and danced the traditional Attan dance in long skirts, covering the head only with partially bright scarves with jewelry. “The dress is a powerful symbol of national identity,” says Jalali.
