CHITRAL, May 14: A new Jastakhan (dancing hall), equipped with modern facilities, was inaugurated in Rumbur valley of the district on the occasion of famous Kalash festival Chilim Jusht. Funded by the ...

Dancing in the Birir festival.–Photo Courtesy Dawn All About Lifestyles The Kalasha people, or ‘Kafir’ Kalash, as they are generally called, live in three remote valleys in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

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 ...

“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 royals were in Bumburet, in the Chitral valley, on the third day of their tour when they visited a traditional Kalash village. After watching a group dance in the village square, the Duchess ...

In a remote valley in Pakistan dozens of Kalash minority women dance to celebrate spring’s arrival — but as a gaggle of men scramble to catch them on camera, the community warns an influx of domestic ...

Gulf News travelled to Kalash in Pakistan's Chitral district to explore the lifestyle of an ancient tribe Lives of the Kalash revolve around their festivals which also form a major part of their ...

Wearing traditional headgear and clapping to music, Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate met a tiny animist tribe in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, after flying by helicopter to a remote Hindu ...

UNESCO has placed the Kalash Valleys on its World Heritage Tentative List, bringing global attention to a community of 4,000.

The Chomos festival is celebrated by the Kalash tribe of District Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan at the end of every year and is supposed to be the tribe’s longest festival, starting from the ...

In a remote mountain region of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the Kalash people, followers of a pre-Islamic religion, mark death as few on the planet do. With dance, drums, and gunfire, the ...