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It is the only song sung in the time of grief and on the occasion of marriage. It is also common among the Pashtuns that a boy of school age would sing it, the elders in their hujrahs, or the women in their home and Godar alike. Be it laborers, peasants, or women, all sentiments find expression in the Tappa. The Tappa is a composition of two unequal meters, in which the first line is shorter than the succeeding one, yet it reflects all human feelings and aspirations elegantly. ![]() Tappa ( Pashto: ټپه) is the oldest and most popular genre of the Pashto poetry. Afghan men performing at the new Afghan Cultural Center on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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