Life Style
This is the typical day in an Afghan kids life:In the morning, you would wake up in a house made of sun-dried bricks. If you were a boy, you would probably dress like your dad. You would wear baggy cotton trousers, with a long cotton shirt. You would wear a wide sash around your waist and a skullcap on your head. If you were a man, you would wear a turban over top of your skullcap. You would take your turban off when you worked in the fields. If you were a girl, you would dress like your mother. You would wear a long, loose shirt or a high bodice dress with a swirling skirt over your trousers. Then you would drape a wide shawl over your head and put on jewelry. Jewelry is collected as a form of family wealth. Women in the villages seldom wear a burquaYou would eat a breakfast of nan, a flat loaf of whole grain, sourdough bread with mast, which is a kind of yogurt. You may eat some fruits. You would drink tea with your meal. During Taliban rule, if you were a boy and were lucky enough to go to school, your books would teach you about holy war and would promote weapons. Girls were not allowed to go to school until March 2002. You now see banners around your village that say, "Let's Study!" to try to encourage parents to enroll the children in school. At school, you would eat a lunch brought from home. It would have nan, vegetables, chicken or mutton, rice, and tea. After school, you would have to help at home with chores. You would help your parents by tending the flocks or looking after the small children so your parents could work in the fields. You would attend the village mosque, the center of your religion. On Fridays, you would listen to a sermon and prayers conducted by the mullah, which is any man who can recite the Koran from memory. You would attend the villege mosque, the center of your religon. At the last meal of the day, you could have a guest at your house. All guests are treated with respect. It would be an insult if you refused to eat. A typical dinner would include nan, chicken, mutton, beef, rice, soup, mast, and vegetables. For dessert, you would have nuts and fruit. Before you went to bed, your parents or grandparents would probably tell you an Afghanistan folktale or play music and sing. You would go to bed, and that would be the end of your day.