Archive for February 2013

Afghan Hospitality

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Hospitality is an essential aspect of Afghan culture. No matter who you are, if you visit a home you will be given the best the family has. You will be offered snacks and your tea glass will be constantly filled. When you have had enough cover the glass with your...

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Afghan Nut Customs

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Serving tea and white sugared almonds is a familiar custom during Afghan festivals. Eid-e-Qorban is celebrated at the end of the Haj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, when families and friends come visiting each other to drink a cup of tea together and share some nuts, sweets, and sugared almonds called...

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