Editing Pashtuns (section)

=== Media and arts ===
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[[Pashto media]] has expanded in the last decade, with a number of [[List of Pashto-language television channels|Pashto TV channels]] becoming available. Two of the popular ones are the Pakistan-based [[AVT Khyber]] and Pashto One. Pashtuns around the world, particularly those in Arab countries, watch these for entertainment purposes and to get latest news about their native areas.<ref name="ATVKhyber">{{cite web|url=http://www.avtkhyber.tv/website/about.htm|title=Link|work=avtkhyber.tv|publisher=[[AVT Khyber]]|access-date=15 January 2008|archive-date=5 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105030355/http://www.avtkhyber.tv/website/about.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Others are Afghanistan-based [[Shamshad TV]], [[Radio Television Afghanistan]], [[TOLOnews]] and [[Lemar TV]], which has a special children's show called ''[[Baghch-e-Simsim]]''. International news sources that provide Pashto programs include [[BBC Pashto]] and [[Voice of America#Languages|Voice of America]].

Producers based in [[Peshawar]] have created [[List of Pashto-language films|Pashto-language films]] since the 1970s.

Pashtun performers remain avid participants in various physical forms of expression including dance, sword fighting, and other physical feats. Perhaps the most common form of artistic expression can be seen in the various forms of Pashtun dances. One of the most prominent dances is ''[[Attan]]'', which has ancient roots. A rigorous exercise, Attan is performed as musicians play various native instruments including the ''[[dhol]]'' (drums), ''[[tabla]]s'' (percussions), ''[[Rubab (instrument)|rubab]]'' (a [[bow (music)|bowed]] [[string instrument]]), and ''toola'' (wooden flute). With a rapid circular motion, dancers perform until no one is left dancing, similar to [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[Mevlevi|whirling dervishes]]. Numerous other dances are affiliated with various tribes notably from Pakistan including the ''Khattak Wal Atanrh'' (eponymously named after the [[Khattak]] tribe), ''Mahsood Wal Atanrh'' (which, in modern times, involves the juggling of loaded rifles), and ''Waziro Atanrh'' among others. A sub-type of the ''Khattak Wal Atanrh'' known as the ''Braghoni'' involves the use of up to three swords and requires great skill. Young women and girls often entertain at weddings with the ''Tumbal'' ([[Dayereh]]) which is an instrument.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=Ghaval|title=New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments|edition=2nd|last=McCollum|first=Jonathan|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|isbn=978-0-19-974339-1}}</ref>