@Kalash People
MY VISIT TO KALASH VALLEY
The Kalash people, the tribe that stimulated Kipling stay their every day lives deep within the valleys of the Hindu Kush, the unforgiving mountain variety at the border of Pakistan with Afghanistan.
How they were given there is a thriller. How they manipulate to survive is any other. The Kalash are a human beings who've hyperlinks with Greece in almost the whole thing however proximity.
They dance around night time-time fires; They make wine and indulge in historical Olympic sports including wrestling and shot-positioned. With their piercing blue-green eyes, strong features and olive skins, even Alexander the Great changed into satisfied of the Hellenic connection.
Here is some Photographs of Kalash People that i capture during my visit.
DRESS
Kalash men have abandoned their traditional goat-hair tunics for shalwar-kameez, the pajama-like outfits worn throughout Pakistan and Afghanistan.
But Kalash women still wear cheos, baggy black cotton dresses brilliantly embroidered at the collars, cuffs and hems.
Festivals
The Kalash ar a culture wherever their festivals kind a central purpose with their lives.
While throughout the tough winter there's little or no reason to celebrate, once the spring additionally comes within the miles, folks ar acknowledgment the new season in an exceedingly huge celebration.
This is the yearly Joshi celebration that happens at the conclusion of every could. Milk takes on a very important role throughout this pageant. however not merely any milk, however dairy farm that was saved eight days previous for this terribly special day.
Kalash folks use this dairy farm to purify newborns and homes. Newborns ar given the milks, however it's thrown on residences and objects further. Towards the top of the celebration, leaves ar thrown on participants' heads to point out the arrival of the spring.
Another pageant of the Kalash is that the Uchau in reality it's celebrated each fall months.
But the most of all festivals is that the Chawmos, celebrated throughout the severe winter, within the month of December.
This event marks and celebrates the top of the choose and through now, the animals ar lost to supply food supply for the season.
Although it's the most important event of the Kalash, to boot it's less standard among travelers trained with takes place in December.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Very nice and beautiful pictures with nice people ....keep up the good work...
Thanks