The White Cat by Noor Khan

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March 13, 1978	Noor Mohammad Khan

The White Cat

Aqcha, Northern Afghanistan

Aq Pisak was a well known dambura player in Aqcha. Aq Pisak (centre) means 'white cat' in Turkic. To his right is the drummer, holding a zerbaghgali, and to his left is a ghichek player (a fiddle made basically from a turned wooden stick with tuning pegs and a tin can for a body). On his far right is the singer and on his far left is a chai walla (tea boy).
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Music from this recording can be heard at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGYi7NjC2E0

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j		26-Jul-2009 00:14
You met Aq Pishak? Wow..

Philip Game		02-Jul-2007 11:56
This is a really beautiful, timeless picture. I passed through Afghanistan in 1974 but I imagine that, as a Muslim, you were much closer to the Afghans than we other foreigners.

Guest		03-May-2007 14:14
great shot..

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