Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

The Dancing Boys Of Afghanistan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AerarcL5SU

Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi ventures into a dark underworld:

[I]n the midst of war and endemic poverty, an ancient tradition--banned when the Taliban were in power--has re-emerged across the country. It's called Bacha Bazi, translated literally as "boy play." Hundreds of boys, some as young as eleven, street orphans or boys bought from poor families by former warlords and powerful businessmen, are dressed in woman's clothes, taught to sing and dance for the entertainment of male audiences, and then sold to the highest bidder or traded among the men for sex.

Full Frontline documentary here. [ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/dancingboys/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=proglist&utm_source=proglist ]


http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/04/the-dancing-boys-of-afghanistan.html