The Kalash Valleys are valleys in the north of Pakistan, in Chitral District. The HinduKush landform encircles the valleys. The Kalash people, who share a distinctive culture, language, and kind of religion connected to their natural environment including rivers and mountains. A road connects Ayun in the Kunar Valley with Bumburet, the largest and most populous valley. North of Bumburet is a side valley called Rumbur. South of Bumburet, in the Kunar Valley, is a side valley known as Biriu. Pakistan has a modest ethnic and religious minority known as the Kalash people. The practitioners of the Kalash religion, a polytheist belief reflecting archaic strains of Hinduism, sacrifice animals to their divine beings. Their faith and culture are intertwined and have several distinctive celebrations and occasions. Although the people of Kalash normally do not inhabit areas or marry indigenous Muslims, the people are not indifferent to them either. As a scheduled caste, the individuals are safeguarded by Pakistani legislation and the constitution.
Peeking into the yearly celebration of these Kalash people, we are going to talk about the Kalash festival. If you are lucky to be around Kalash Valley this time of the year, you should open your mind to new experiences by taking a leap into the Kalash Festival this year. You can experience all three festivals, or you can miss out on a few, though the regret of missing out may hit you later. The first festival we would peek into is the spring festival, the locals call it “Chilam Joshi”. This spring festival is celebrated in the Rumbur, Bumburet, and Biriu where the distinctive cultural rhythms of the drums make the little boys and girls dance. If you want to take a deep leap into the Kalash festival, it is recommended that you join the Chilam Joshi as this festival is enriched to the brim with their culture. The locals celebrate this festival by welcoming spring and representing peace. Among the most prominent festivities in Pakistan is the Choimus Kalash Winter Festival. This festival is a socially powered event in which the women are dressed in their custom and traditional clothes with accessories and bright colorful threads, and the sounds of drums put you in a trance, you can not help but get in spirits and dance to the rhythm. If this does not sell you on visiting Kalash for this festival, you would not want to miss of their traditional food. Uchal festival is celebrated in the summer upon the harvesting of crops around the time of August. The festival includes traditional dances, music, food, and representation of their culture.
You need to indulge yourself in the astounding culture of the Kalash Valley people, these three festivals for a lifetime experience. You cannot miss a chance to visit these celebrations, life is too short to regret all the chances you did not take and feel like you missed out on having fun. Besides, there is really nothing to lose if you pay them a visit rather than not having fun and gaining new experiences.
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