Bacha bazi translates as ‘dancing boy’. It is custom in Afghanistan for warlords and other chiefs to requisition any number of boys as rape cattle (the dancing part is just a smoke screen). Individual US units initially tried to combat the practice but werde soon told not just to stand down but to do everything to keep the bug guys happy…
Bacha bazi translates as ‘dancing boy’. It is custom in Afghanistan for warlords and other chiefs to requisition any number of boys as rape cattle (the dancing part is just a smoke screen). Individual US units initially tried to combat the practice but werde soon told not just to stand down but to do everything to keep the bug guys happy. So, yeah, the US Army acted as underage child traffickers in Afghanistan.
It’s also a weird kind of fetish in parts of the gay community:
“ The musical The Boy Who Danced on Air by Rosser & Sohne premiered off-off-Broadway in 2017.[32] Inspired by The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan documentary,[33] it follows Paiman, a bacha bazi who is growing older and will be released from slavery soon. He meets Feda, a fellow bacha bazi, and the two consider running away as they fall in love. In the background, Paiman and Feda's masters, Jahander and Zemar, reckon with America's influence on Afghanistan's society.”
Bacha bazi translates as ‘dancing boy’. It is custom in Afghanistan for warlords and other chiefs to requisition any number of boys as rape cattle (the dancing part is just a smoke screen). Individual US units initially tried to combat the practice but werde soon told not just to stand down but to do everything to keep the bug guys happy. So, yeah, the US Army acted as underage child traffickers in Afghanistan.
It’s also a weird kind of fetish in parts of the gay community:
“ The musical The Boy Who Danced on Air by Rosser & Sohne premiered off-off-Broadway in 2017.[32] Inspired by The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan documentary,[33] it follows Paiman, a bacha bazi who is growing older and will be released from slavery soon. He meets Feda, a fellow bacha bazi, and the two consider running away as they fall in love. In the background, Paiman and Feda's masters, Jahander and Zemar, reckon with America's influence on Afghanistan's society.”