کلتور
Culture
Traditions and customs
Ceremonies, gatherings and everyday customs.
Articles on traditions and customs
- Pashtun folk beliefsPashtun folklore tells of jinn and pêrai (پیری), the giant dêw, the fairy ṣ̌āpêrai, the night-hag khapasa (خپسه) that causes sleep paralysis, and the ghol of the waste described to Elphinstone; amulets, iron and saints' shrines are the usual protection.
- The jirga: the Pashtun council of eldersA jirga (جرګه) is a Pashtun assembly of elders that sits in a circle to settle feuds, land disputes and tribal questions by consensus, enforcing its rulings with fines and expulsion. Afghanistan's Loya Jirga and Wolesi Jirga take their names from it.