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Afghanistan
Jat
Afghanistan
Jat
There are other small marginal communities of occupational
specialists based in eastern Afghanistan in provinces such as
Laghman. They are commonly referred to as Jat which is a generic
term indiscriminately applied by others with derogatory
connotations implying low descent and low occupations. The groups
reject the term and refer to themselves by specific names. Of
Mediterranean-Indian type physically, speaking Indo-Aryan
dialects in addition to Pashto and Dari, they are primarily
gypsy-like itinerant petty traders, bangle sellers,
fortune-tellers, musicians, jugglers, snake-charmers and
performers with animals such as bears and monkeys. Some are
specialized craftsmen, working as weavers, potters, sievemakers,
knife-makers, and leather-workers. Some hire out as seasonal
itinerant farm laborers. They rank lowest on the social scale and
are stigmatized by many in the society.
Data as of 1997
