The people of Kalash are considered unique among the people of Pakistan. The Kalasha or Kalash, also called Waigali or Wai, are a Dardic Indo-Aryan indigenous people residing in the Chitral District ...

High in Pakistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, scattered villages hold one of the world’s most imperiled religious minorities, the Kalash. Daud Khattak, a correspondent with RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal, visited ...

Residents of the Kalash valleys are celebrating their traditional religious and cultural festival "Chilam Jusht" with enthusiasm and festivity.While only a few Kalash families live in Punjab, a larger ...

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has approved a grant of 150 million rupees for preservation of culture of Kalash tribe in Chitral. Talking to media ...

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 ...

CHITRAL, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For Akram Hussain, unprecedented monsoon floods that drenched his Hindu Kush mountain valley this year were a danger to more than just homes and crops.

FOR centuries, the Kalash people have maintained a culture, way of life, language and belief system that is uniquely theirs. Situated in KP’s mountains, three remote valleys — Rumbur, Bumboret and ...

PESHAWAR: In a major cultural breakthrough, the Kalash valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chitral district have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List, bringing global recognition to one of ...

A powerful new feature documentary, 'Kaash Kalash', is offering an unprecedented look into one of Pakistan's most unique and endangered communities, told for the first time in their own voice and from ...

High in the Hindu Kush Mountains of northwest Pakistan, a small tribe clings to an ancient pre-Islamic culture. Paler skinned than the other people in the region, some claim the Kalash are descendants ...