D Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari, Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala shower flowers on Shradha Suman Shradanjali Kalash in Dharmasthala DHARMASTHALA: As a precursor to 20th anniversary of Kargil Vijayotsav, D ...

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 ...

“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 key findings of the latest NCHR report do not augur very well for the future of this marginalised community A recent report compiled by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) on Kalash, ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed a tradition of the minority Kalash community in Pakistan on the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of ...

Community warns an influx of domestic tourists is threatening their unique traditions Kalash women wearing traditional dresses dance as they celebrate 'Joshi', a festival to welcome the arrival of ...

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 ...

Once an isolated and obscure mountainous locality inhabited by a pastoral subsistence farming community with a distinct culture that is very different from the rest of Pakistan, the three valleys of ...

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 ...