{"id":222569,"date":"2019-04-24T09:38:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T04:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=222569"},"modified":"2019-04-24T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T04:39:40","slug":"this-teenagers-funny-twist-on-pashto-poetry-has-made-him-the-darling-of-pakistani-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/this-teenagers-funny-twist-on-pashto-poetry-has-made-him-the-darling-of-pakistani-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"This Teenager&#8217;s Funny Twist on Pashto Poetry Has Made Him the Darling of Pakistani Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many historians believe Pashto to be among one of the most oldest languages on earth, dating back to as far as 800 BC. They believe that it was also the year when custodians of the language started to preserve Pashto poetry in one of its most original forms.<\/p>\n<p>When we speak of Pashto poetry, names of great poets like Rehman Baba, Khushal Khan Khattak and Ghani Khan pop into our mind.\u00a0These giants dedicated much of their lives promoting the message of brotherhood, unity, and peace through their words.<\/p>\n<p>In the 21st century, where social media has become the most dominant medium of sharing information, one 15-year-old boy from Swabi is bringing back Pashto poetry in a fun and wholesome way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Meet Farman Kashkar<\/h3>\n<p>Farman Kaskar, a teenage poet from Swabi\u2019s Tarkai village, \u00a0who loves comedy and singing, has got social media chatting. Farman is a singer who employs Pashto poetry in fun and comedic ways, making people laugh.<\/p>\n<p>He shot to fame overnight, by uploading some of his catchy songs on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-vhnivqzhvfe\" style=\"max-width:662px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.250000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-vhnivqzhvfe\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vhNIvqZHVfE?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"372.375\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vhNIvqZHVfE?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"662\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>But that wasn&#8217;t always the case.\u00a0He was a \u2018nobody\u2019 until January this year. That was when his first video went viral on YouTube and now, he is considered a well-known Pashto celebrity among Pashto-speakers not just in Pakistan, but across the globe in Afghanistan, US, Europe, and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The young boy has now become a household name in Swabi, Mardan, Charsadda and other parts of K-P. He is invited to perform at various events and ceremonies, and whenever Farman performs, people take selfies with him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Most recently, Kaskar performed at an event at Mardan Abdul Wali Khan University.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKaskarFarman%2Fvideos%2F585727668558382%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=261\" width=\"261\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Farman Kaskar on his future plans<\/h3>\n<p>Kaskar is enjoying this fame and has plans to expand on his unique art in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-year-old Kaskar was recently interviewed with a local daily where he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI know nothing about poetry. I started making comedic poems for catharsis as I have a low-income family background. My father is a daily wager at a factory.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kaskar said he started to convert jokes into short comedic poems with his friends. He never thought that \u2018this fun exercise\u2019 would turn him into a runaway social media star.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/sana-tajik-pashto-singer-defied-odds-and-used-social-media-to-make-her-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Female Pashto Singer Defied Odds and Used Social Media to Make Her Debut<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The young YouTube sensation said he was pleasantly surprised when he received appreciation calls from the Pashto-speaking community living in France, Germany, and the Gulf States.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI never expected so many people would show me such love and appreciation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To a question, Farman said his goal was to make people smile, and he didn\u2019t care about people criticizing his work.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAt least, I don\u2019t copy anybody\u2019s work to get applauded on social media.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many historians believe Pashto to be among one of the most oldest languages on earth, dating back to as far as 800 BC. They believe that it was also the year when custodians of the language started to preserve Pashto poetry in one of its most original forms. When we speak of Pashto poetry, names of great poets like Rehman [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/this-teenagers-funny-twist-on-pashto-poetry-has-made-him-the-darling-of-pakistani-social-media\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":222571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1293,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-222569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-lollywood","10":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"Farman is famous for his poetry in Pashto community around the world","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Farman-Kaskar-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Farman-Kaskar-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Farman-Kaskar.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Raza Rizvi","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Lollywood","Social Media"],"title_text":"This Teenager\u2019s Funny Twist on Pashto Poetry Has Made Him the Darling of Pakistani Social Media","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1293,1291&exclude=222569","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222569"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=222569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}