“Every week we get threats from people who ask us to abandon our traditions,” says Fida, a resident of Bamorat village of the Kalash Valley in Chitral. This is one of the realities that the Kalash ...

The Kalash holds deep symbolism in Hindu rituals, representing abundance, prosperity, and spiritual purity. It is filled with water from the sacred Ganga river, symbolizing the divine energy that ...

The Kalash are a non-indigenous tribe with a distinct culture, religion, and way of life living for centuries in District Chitral. Where they come from has been an enigma for centuries. The first ...

Living in harmony with nature in three secluded valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains and celebrating the changing seasons according to their pre-Islamic religion for centuries, the ancient Kalash tribe ...

A girl stands in the village of Bumberet in the Kalash Valley. Kalash Valley, Pakistan: Hidden up in the mountains near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, the Kalash tribe loves homemade wine and ...

High in Pakistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, scattered villages hold one of the world’s most imperiled religious minorities, the Kalash. Daud Khattak, a correspondent with RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal, visited ...

Take a clean Kalash (pot) made of either clay, brass, or copper. Fill it with clean water, preferably from a river or other sacred source. Place mango leaves around the neck of the Kalash. Place a ...

Gulf News travelled to Pakistan's Chitral district only to find that the Kalash society is on the verge of extinction. Declaring the valleys of the Kalash a protected area would go a long way in ...

Chawmos, a festival of Pakistan’s tiny Kalash community, is a portrait in contrasts: solemn ritual and joyous dancing, gender segregation and public flirtation, togetherness and isolation. Photographs ...