It was so traditional, archaic and rigid.
But beyond the domino-like deluxe hotels and futuristic shopping malls straight from Star Trek, it retains seductive charms and a treasure trove of archaic spice souks, traditional dhows, date palm gardens and the odd thirsty camel.
Some MPs think the jirga is a presidential attempt to undermine the authority of parliament, and opposition critics like Maulana Farid accuse President Karzai of trying to solve 21st-Century problems through a "traditional, archaic and unlawful 19th-Century process".
The communities that embrace it share some structural features with archaic aspects of traditional religion: Like-minded people gather and testify to the power of their rituals and talismans, be they "empowering coconut oil" or energy crystals.
It is true that the poems contain many traditional and archaic elements, and their language and material background are a compound of different constituents originating at different dates.
It affirms that they have managed separate but equal careers while sharing convictions about the social responsibility of art, and also common interests, like the reanimation of traditional or archaic imagery with political consciousness.
The grocery industry, described as archaic by some and traditional by others, is still thriving offline.
Several critics—including both Kilmer's contemporaries and modern scholars—have disparaged Kilmer's work as being too simple and overly sentimental, and suggested that his style was far too traditional, even archaic.
It seems that the Gabrades arose from the Inner Pontus, a region with its own distinct identity: a mountainous area, it was scarcely affected by Hellenization and preserved a traditional and archaic societal structure, with tiny lordships centred on mountain strong-holds.
