''Ahesta Bero'' ( prs, آهسته برو) or ''Ohista Birav'' ( tg, оҳиста бирав), literally "walk slowly" ("walk graciously"), is a musical composition played to welcome the bride and groom's entrance to the wedding hall in weddings in

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and

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. Usually the accompanied couple is walked slowly under the sanction of the

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, as the attending guests rise in honor of the

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. This anthem is a very strong

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in these marriage ceremonies. The song was originally a Kharabati song from Afghanistan.

Lyrics

The following is a transliteration of the

Dari Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī ...

version of the song.

External links

Ahesta Bero Mahe Man
from afghansonglyrics.com

Lyrics

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See also