Swat's Female Dancers Struggle With Taliban's Legacy

Name: Swat's Female Dancers Struggle With Taliban's Legacy
Uploaded: 2011-08-03 16:12:00Z
Duration: 4 min 40 s
Channel: РАО/РО
Description: The Swat Valley was once the only place in Pakistan's Pashtun regions where women could pursue careers as singers and dancers. Then Taliban extremists banned all music after taking over in 2007. They've since been driven out, but their prohibition on music, and especially women in the arts, has done lasting damage to Swat's musical culture.

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The Swat Valley was once the only place in Pakistan's Pashtun regions where women could pursue careers as singers and dancers. Then Taliban extremists banned all music after taking over in 2007. They've since been driven out, but their prohibition on music, and especially women in the arts, has done lasting damage to Swat's musical culture.