Afganistan’s Great Mosques
There are few monuments in Afghanistan from the Abbasid, Saffarid, Ghaznavid, Seljuk, Ghorid, and Khwarezmian periods that survived the later destruction with the coming of the Mongols.
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Tandoori, Naan and Roti
Courtesy to the Turks and Afghan introducing the Tandoori oven in northern India, Indian bread enjoys a worldwide popularity today. Bread is favoured in the north because of the drier and cooler climate, and the three main breads that are consumed with any meal are roti, naan and chapati.
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The Hippie Trail: A Counterculture Movement
A form of ‘alternative tourism’ that focused on travelling cheaply and for as long as possible, the Hippie Trail is still famous today for influencing the way Westerners travel – with an increased focus on interacting with the local culture.
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Kalash Festival of Choimus
The Kalash Valleys of Rumbur, Bunboret and Birir are within Chitral in the North-West Frontier Province, near Nuristan in Afghanistan. The people here are some of the only non-muslims for hundreds of miles. The Kalash worship the many gods of Kafiristan like Balomain, the heroic demi-god of the Kalash whom the Choimus Festival celebrates.
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