Hazaragi culture

Hazara culture or Hazaragi culture (Persian: فرهنگ هزارگی‎, Hazaragi: فرهنگ آزرگی‎) refers to the culture of the Hazara people, who live primarily in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, the Balochistan province of Pakistan, and elsewhere around the world where the Hazara diaspora is settled as part of the wider Afghan diaspora.

Hazara girls wearing red traditional dress sitting next to Tajik and Pashtun girls in Ghazni, Afghanistan.

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The culture of the Hazara people is rich in heritage, with many unique customs and traditions, and shares influences with various Central Asian and South Asian cultures.[1][2][3] The Hazarajat region has an ancient history and was, at different periods, home to the Greco-Buddhist,[4] Ghorids and Ghaznavids civilizations, later the Mongols and Timurid dynasties. Each of these civilizations left visible imprints on the region's local culture. According to genetic evidence, the ethnic group has both "patrimonial and maternal relations" to Turkic peoples and the Mongols,[5][6] and at the same time is also related to neighboring Iranian peoples thus making them a distinct ethnic group.[7]

The Hazara native language Hazaragi, is a variation of the Dari Persian, which is spoken mostly in Afghanistan. The Hazara were traditionally pastoral farmers active in herding in the central and southeastern highlands of Afghanistan. They primarily belong to the Shia denomination of Islam, with some minorities of Sunni Islam.[8]