Oral History

Boria Baf village is very much in tune with the chillum house culture prevalent in Afghanistan, especially in Northern Afghanistan. The majority of farmers produce of hashish goes straight to the privately owned chillum houses where the sale and on-site consumption of hashish is a daily affair. These traditional Chillum houses while serving as a cornerstone for the Afghani hashish culture, are not government approved but that hasn't really ever been a problem for the owners. Boria Baf has it's very own chillum house and is famous for the hashish made out of the local farmed variety, seeds are sown by farmers themselves every year, which were taken out from the ripe crops last year. The local farmed variety in Boria Baf is a Broad leaved variety, with dark green leaves and a very short- squatty plant compared to some of its wilder relatives from the same province. The reported flavours From the resin are - spicy, Earthy and semi-foul skunk like, the flowering time is much shorter than the wild Hindu Kush and Mazari cultivars, Late Sept to early October is a good time for harvesting this farmed variety. Collected 2017 Oct at Boria Baf village,Northern Afghanistan, From non domesticated populations