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She had married into the Birir Valley Kalash and left the valley in the late 1930s when the valley had converted to Islam. Unlike the Kalash of the other valleys the women of Urtsun did not wear the Kup'as headdress but had their own P'acek, a headress worn at casual times, and the famous horned headress of the Bashgul valley, which was worn at ...
They are considered unique among the peoples of Pakistan. They are also considered to be Pakistan's smallest religious community.The culture of the Kalash people is unique and differs completely from the various contemporary Islamic ethnic groups surrounding them in modern northwestern Indian subcontinent.
The inhabitants of the valley are the Kalash people, who have a unique culture, language and follow a religion similar to the Historical Vedic religion. [1] [2] There are three main valleys. [3] [4] [5] The largest and most populous valley is Bumburet (Mumuret), reached by a road from Ayun in the Kunar Valley. Rumbur is a
Kalasha girls during the festival celebrations in May 2022. Chilam Joshi Festival also spelt Chilim Joshi, is a festival celebrated by the Kalash people, living in the Kalasha Valleys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It marks the commencement of spring within the Kalasha community and is celebrated from the 13th to the 16th of May ...
Rumbur Valley, Chitral, NWFP, Pakistan Kalash girl in Rumbur. The girl is dressed in a dark gown and carries jewellery: a ring, a necklace and a headdress (kupa) covered with shells (kauri or cowri). On top of the headdress there is a tassle (probably red) and a second one, smaller, is visible above her forehead.
There is no one better to tell the story of womenhood in Afghanistan than the women themselves
English: Birir Valley Chitral is a Natural protected coniferous forest area. Kalash people live there and in two other valleys namely Rumbur and Bumbret. Kalasha Desh (the three Kalash valleys) is made up of two distinct cultural areas, the valleys of Rumbur and Brumbret forming one, and Birir valley the other; Birir valley being the most traditional of the two.
More than 33 million people in Pakistan are struggling to deal with a monsoon season supercharged by climate change. Torrential rainfall has dragged on for weeks, killing more than 1,100 people ...