Kalash people

[Kalimtari]

The Kalasha (Kalasha: Kaĺaśa, Nuristani: Kasivo) or Kalash, are a Dardic indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They speak the Kalasha language, from the Dardic family of the Indo-Aryan branch, and are considered a unique tribe among the Indo-Aryan peoples of Pakistan.

The neighboring Nuristani people of the adjacent Nuristan (historically known as Kafiristan) province of Afghanistan once practiced the same polytheistic religion as the Kalash. By the late 19th century much of Nuristan had been converted to Islam, although some evidence has shown the people continued to practice their beliefs. Over the years the Nuristan region has been the site of numerous war activity that has led to the death of many endemic Nuristanis and has seen an inflow of surrounding Afghans to claim the vacant region. The Kalash of Chitral maintained their own separate cultural traditions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalash_people



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[Kalimtari]

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[Kalimtari]

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[asingh]

Beautiful people.

[Kalimtari]

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[Mason8]

Nice topic

[Kalimtari]

Beautiful people.
totally :)


Nice topic
glad you like it :)

[Gaston]

They are still at the end of the South Asian spectrum: I see quite a lot of Indian and gypsy faces. Of course, some lean more towards West Asians.