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By Martha Henze Special to the Rappahannock News
The first in a series of “Global Spotlights” programs, sponsored by Headwaters, will focus on Afghanistan as it was before twenty three years of violent attack by the Soviet army and the ensuing civil war with which we are •-lost familiar. It is difficult for us to see behind the headlines reporting deadly events thousands of miles away and pvture how the people who are the victims have been struggling to survive and keep up their normal lifestyles which have many similarities to our own.
Families in the countryside of Afghanistan have lived for centuries as early Rappahannock families did: growing their own food, raising as many head of livestock as they can afford, using horses for transport, making their own clothing, and relying on each other to help with larger tasks. Used to long days of hard work, Afghans celebrate weddings and births with especially joyous music and elaborate feasts and love to dress and adorn their possessions in happy colors as do most people who live in a harsh, sparsely settled land. They worry about their children getting sick and often lack the means to care for them. No matter what their circumstances, they enjoy the pleasures of providing hospitality, drinking tea, and chatting with friends and with strangers.
It is this side of Afghanistan that Headwaters invites you to discover in the slide lecture they have arranged to initiate the year-long program of “Global Spotlights”. You will learn something of the lives the people lead, of the rugged beauty of the mountainous
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