1971 Kabul, Afghanistan
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- This is an edit of my favourite home movie clips (the first of three on this trip)
Half a century ago, there weren’t many European tourists in Kabul, let alone young women filming the locals, many of whom believed your soul could be captured on film…
Mum & Dad won a raffle prize of a trip to Kabul, Afghanistan, followed by a bus ride over the Khyber Pass to Peshawar, Pakistan.
I love the expressions of the locals in this clip, carrying out all sorts of trades: pig-skin water carriers, rifle-toting salesmen, photographers, street barbers, lads pulling stone laden carts…
Being good parents, they bought souvenirs for their four sons: an old Afghan flintlock rifle each, complete with firing mechanisms and curved stocks. We had great fun playing cowboys and Indians with them, even though they weighed a ton. A couple of years later, our Granddad decided to give them a proper clean and discovered mine was still loaded with gunpowder and lead pellets. Well, that could have been embarrassing!
My music collection is remarkably short on Afghan ditties, so I took the liberty of substituting with Arab-influenced rock, namely ‘Ride to Agadir’ by Mike Batt and ‘Sidi H’bib’i by Mano Negra.
(Unfortunately, YT banned the Manu Chao song, so I’m afraid Mr. Batt went on the loop. Pity, but there you go)
God bless UA-cam recommended hehe
In the 1960s and 70s; Thousands of American and European Hippies in search of cheap Hashish and whatever; Were starting their journey in Turkey. Hitchhiking through Iran, Afghanistan, Peshawar, India and on the way to their final destination Kathmandu, Nepal. By the time (some of) them reached Nepal; They were exhausted, wasted, weak and sick. The world’s biggest Hippie Cemetery is in Kathmandu, Nepal. I remember, they didn’t bother anyone and nobody cared; Live and let live.
By the way, Hashish was about $ 4.00 a pound in Afghanistan.
Great video
I'm Ishtiaq Ahmed from Peshawar Pakistan, neighbouring city of Afghanistan.
Beautiful Afghanistan bravo for being one of the few people that has never been colonized and is the graveyard of empires: defeated British 3 times, Russia, and USA!!!🙏❤️👏
It would be appropriate to play Afghan music and there is plenty of good choice. Come on!!
Hmm… I would agree with you if these videos were intended for anything other than my personal pleasure and that of family and friends. I make them public, as there might be others who derive some enjoyment from them.
Why not download the video, set it to some appropriate Afghani music and share it yourself? I’d be genuinely interested in the results. Cheers