BUMBURATE: 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 ...

Conservative Muslims in Pakistan's northwest are blaming the animist Kalash for a powerful earthquake that flattened entire villages in October, claiming their immoral ways provoked Allah's wrath, in ...

Under the mores of sheeshao, all the women of Kalash tribe washed their clothes and dishes. Special thick rotis made with walnut and dough were baked and distributed. At least five rotis for each ...

PESHAWAR: Speakers at a workshop stressed the need for safeguarding and preservation of unique Kalash culture in Chitral district. The two-day capacity building workshop was held at Area Study Centre, ...

Years of economic pressures and alleged forced conversions to Islam continue to pose a threat to Pakistan’s tiny Kalash minority, the only pagans in the Islamic republic. Once a large community that ...

Kalash Sthapna, also known as Ghatasthapana, is a highly important ritual during the nine-day festival of Navratri. Placing the Kalash or pot in front of the divine power Maa Durga represents a ...

A recent paper on Turkish genetics has a tree which illustrates a summary of how the Kalash shake out: I say summary because this tree takes a lot of information and tries to generate the best fit ...

THE recent clash between the Kalash community and their more numerous Muslim neighbours, caused by a girl’s change of faith, appears to have been amicably resolved. However, the incident should awaken ...