Expression of the Cultural Symbols in the Wanitsi Accent of Pashto Langauge

Abstract

As collective creative act, Culture is known as a complex whole that shapes the worldviews, value systems, socio-economic relations and belief of the people. The pre-modern cultural manifestations unfold diverse meanings, symbols, values, colors, tastes, histories, beliefs, and rituals. The folklore is one of the key sources that preserves and promotes the cultural and social traditions, rituals, histories and memories of the traditional societies. In the course of history, Pashtun culture has evolved diverse tangible and intangible cultural repositories which are stemmed in the oral tradition. Folklore is one of the most candid and pervasive sources of accumulating the collective memories of people. This paper trace back the manifestation of the “symbols” in the folkloric genres of Wanitsi-Tarino as distinct Pashto dialect spoken in the district Harnai and parts of the district Ziarat. The researchers have strived to analyze the presentation, meaning, common people in the folkloric expressions.