Bacha bazi
Bacha bāzī (Pashto and Dari: بچه بازی, lit. "boy play"; from بچه bacha "boy", and بازی bazi "play, game") is a form of child prostitution.[1] It was common in Historical Turkistan (central Asia) up until the start of the 20th century.[2][3] In the 21st century, Bacha bazi is still practiced in parts of Afghanistan and other countries, such as Northwestern Pakistan.[4][5][6][7][8][3] It commonly involves a boy dancing while wearing women's clothes, who also playfully caresses the men he is dancing for. Sexual acts are common. It is also common that force is used to make the boy do things he doesn't want to. Security officials state they are unable to end such practices because many of the men involved in bacha bazi-related activities are powerful and well-armed warlords.[9][10][11] As of the 2020s, despite international concern and its illegality, the practice continues.[1][12]
Batcha Baszi exists in two main forms:
Usually, bachas are between twelve and sixteen years old. They have serve and sexually satisfy married men. Bacha bazi exists in two main forms.
In most cases, they live with their own failies, but often show themselces in the copany of an influential man of the upper social classes. This man gives them gifts and money. For the men, having a bacha is a status synbol. Most of the boys are from poor families. So for the boy, having a relationship with a man is his only source of income.
The second form is that a person buys the boys form their poor families. They have a relationship thatis a lot likel slavery, where their master is a pimp. These batchas have to work as child prostitutes.
Pederasty, the fact that a man has a sexual relationship with a boy, is outlawed in Afghanistan. Some men think that the social norms of Afghan society allow for what they call tribal traditions. In contrast, sexual contact between adults of the dame sex are forbidden.
Halekon and Asahmna,which ranslates as "lover" are other old names for sexually available lover boys of Pashtun society. There are poems about the beauty of Halekons. Khorasan was a historical regionb inCentral Asi. It included parts of the modern-day countries of Afghanistan, Iran, Tadjikistan, and Uzbekistan. Since about the Abassids, in the 8th century, Islamiv tradition givces this region as the sourcer of pedersty.[13]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bacha bazi: the scandal of Afghanistan's abused boys". The Week. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ↑ Hassan, Farzana (11 January 2018). "HASSAN: Pakistan needs to do soul-searching over sexual abuse". Toronto Sun.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wijngaarden, Jan Willem de Lind van (October 2011). "Male adolescent concubinage in Peshawar, Northwestern Pakistan". Culture, Health & Sexuality. 13 (9). Taylor & Francis, Ltd: 1061–1072. doi:10.1080/13691058.2011.599863. JSTOR 23047511. PMID 21815728. S2CID 5058030. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ Qobil, Rustam (September 7, 2010). "The sexually abused dancing boys of Afghanistan". BBC News. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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- ↑ "Bacha bazi in Northern Afghanistan (Mazar-e-sharif) Shamali culture". bhojpurinama.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26.
- ↑ Mondloch, Chris (Oct 28, 2013). "Bacha Bazi: An Afghan Tragedy". Foreign Policy Magazine. Retrieved Apr 23, 2015.
- ↑ Brinkley, Joel (29 August 2010). "Afghanistan's dirty little secret". Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ↑ Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (12 September 2009). "The dancing boys of Afghanistan". the Guardian.
- ↑ "Transcript". ec2-107-21-207-21.compute-1.amazonaws.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14.
- ↑ Roshni Kapur, The Diplomat. "Bacha Bazi: The Tragedy of Afghanistan's Dancing Boys". The Diplomat.
- ↑ "Afghan boy dancers sexually abused by former warlords". Reuters. 2007-11-18. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Afghanistan must end the practice of bacha bazi, the sexual abuse of boys". European Interest. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ↑ Adam Mez: The Renaissance of Islam. Patna 1937, S. 358.