Pashto Embroidery: Pashto culture     

              

PASHTO EMBROIDERY: Pashto is a member of the southeastern Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian languages are spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. There are three main varieties of Pashto: Northern Pashto, spoken mainly in Pakistan; Southern Pashto, spoken mainly in Afghanistan; and Central Pashto, spoken mainly in Pakistan.

                                     
 

Pashtun embroidery is very beautiful. Embroidery is used by Pashtuns to decorate a wide range of objects. It is used for household objects such as table cloths, mats, towels, curtains, bags, prayer cloths, as well as decorative blankets for horses and camels.

There are various groups of Pashtuns, each with their own style of embroidery. There is also a difference between Pashtun urban embroidery and Pashtun nomadic embroidery

                                   

The Pashtun living in the Wardak region, for example, are noted for multi-colored silk embroideries on a monochrome cotton or silk ground. The embroideries are worked in satin stitch in complex geometric designs that radiate out from a central motif, such as a star.