Images of Afghanistan: Exploring Afghan Culture through Art and Literature by Josette McMichael
Author:Josette McMichael [McMichael, Josette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2016-04-13T22:00:00+00:00
Proverbs have been called the ‘molecules’ of popular literature, for they provide the ingredients for the myths, the folk tales, the epics, and folk poetry that express cultural identity…. Feelings and aspirations, reflections, and revelations all are here in the popular sayings of…Pashto speaking people. Some proverbs are the embryonic ‘punch lines’ found in folk tales. Others teach and perpetuate customs and traditions that are an integral part of the Pakhtun way of life. Many more simply offer a mundane and often humorous observation on a fact of life….3
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