Thrashin Thursday: Afghanistan

Afghan music is a mix of Persian melodies, Arab scales, Indian principles and typically include lyrics in Dari (Persian) and Pashto. But since the late 70's, Afghanistan has been involved with many wars and people became less concerned about music. By the 90's, the post-Soviet and Taliban governments banned instrumental music and public music-making. Even though the destruction of musical intruments and arrests were made, musicians continue to play to this day.
The classical form of Afghanistan music is called klasik, which involves instrumental and vocals, as well as belly dancing ragas. Afghan ragas (guitar-looking) are more focused on rhythm and played with the tabla (small drums), in comparison to the Indian ones.