CHITRAL: Pakistan's smallest religious minority, the Kalash speak their own language and celebrate their gods through music, dance ─ and alcohol, which they brew themselves in Chitral's plunging ...
On the morning of 6 September 2023, the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) launched a massive attack in the Chitral district of Pakistan. More than 500 TTP militants stormed the checkpoints of Pakistani security ...
About a month ago, a 50-minute-long video message by the TTP created panic among Kalash and Ismaili communities living in Chitral. "By the grace of Allah, an increasing number of people from the ...
“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 ...
While Pakistan is predominantly a Muslim nation, it is home to an ancient pagan people known as the Kalash who claim descent from Alexander the Great. Known for the love of wine, unveiled women, ...
ISLAMABAD: In order to preserve endangered living culture of Kalash Valley, the government documented it for inscription in World Heritage List of Unesco. A one-day workshop was organised on Wednesday ...
Explore the unique isolation of the Kalash population in Pakistan, a distinctive endogamous community shaping genetic analysis. Religion may be a critical explanation for this isolation, because the ...
My journey officially begins at the Chitral police station, where Pakistani friends sip sweet green tea while Shane and I try to argue our way out of 24-hour armed escorts. “I was here just last July, ...