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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

I am standing on a roof in the mountains of the Kalash valleys. Below me hundreds of men are screaming and shouting as two small wooden balls are hit up the slopes by opposing teams of players. Women ...

The Kalash people celebrate their annual Joshi (spring) festival with dancing and wine A liberal outlook and festivals where social norms are turned upside down set the Kalash people of north-western ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...