Kalash Tribes in Chitral || Inspiring simple life of Kalash people in Chitral |I love Kalash valleys
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2020
- A brief video clip about Kalash Tribes living in Kalash Valleys including Bumborate, Birir and Runmboor. Chitral Pakistan.
The Kalasha or Kalash, are an Indo-Aryan indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Kalash population in Pakistan numbers only in a few thousands, making them one of the smallest ethnic minorities in Pakistan.
They are considered unique among the people of Pakistan. They are also considered to be Pakistan's smallest ethnoreligious group, and traditionally practice a religion which some authors characterize as a form of animism. During the mid-20th century an attempt was made to force a few Kalasha villages in Pakistan to convert to Islam, but the people fought the conversion and, once official pressure was removed, the vast majority resumed the practice of their own religion. Nevertheless, some Kalasha have converted to Islam, despite some being shunned afterward by their community for having done so.
The term is used to refer to many distinct people including the Väi, the Čima-nišei, the Vântä, plus the Ashkun- and Tregami-speakers. The Kalash are considered to be an indigenous people of Asia, with their ancestors migrating to Chitral valley from another location possibly further south, which the Kalash call "Tsiyam" in their folk songs and epics. Some of the Kalash traditions consider the various Kalash people to have been migrants or refugees. They are also considered by some to have been descendants of Gandhari people.
The neighboring Nuristani people (including the Kalasha-ala) of the adjacent Nuristan (historically known as Kafiristan) province of Afghanistan once had the same culture and practised a faith very similar to that of the Kalash, differing in a few minor particulars.
The first historically recorded Islamic invasions of their lands were by the Ghaznavids in the 11th century while they themselves are first attested in 1339 during Timur's invasions. Nuristan had been forcibly converted to Islam in 1895-96, although some evidence has shown the people continued to practice their customs. The Kalash of Chitral have maintained their own separate cultural traditions.
Culture of Kalash People
The culture of the Kalash people is unique and differs in many ways from the many contemporary Islamic ethnic groups surrounding them in northwestern Pakistan. They are polytheists and nature plays a highly significant and spiritual role in their daily life. As part of their religious tradition, sacrifices are offered and festivals held to give thanks for the abundant resources of their three valleys. Kalasha Desh (the three Kalash valleys) is made up of two distinct cultural areas, the valleys of Rumbur and Bumburet forming one, and Birir Valley the other; Birir Valley being the more traditional of the two.
Kalash mythology and folklore has been compared to that of ancient Greece, but they are much closer to the Hindu traditions in other parts of the Indian subcontinent. The Kalash have fascinated anthropologists due to their unique culture compared to the rest in that region.
Language of Kalash People
The Kalasha language, also known as Kalasha-mun, is an Indo-Aryan language whose closest relative is the neighboring Khowar language. Kalasha was formerly spoken over a larger area in south Chitral, but it is now mostly confined to the western side valleys having lost ground to Khowar.
Customs of Kalash People
There is some controversy over what defines the ethnic characteristics of the Kalash. Although quite numerous before the 20th century, the non-Muslim minority has seen its numbers dwindle over the past century. A leader of the Kalash, Saifulla Jan, has stated, "If any Kalash converts to Islam, they cannot live among us anymore. We keep our identity strong." About three thousand have converted to Islam or are descendants of converts, yet still live nearby in the Kalash villages and maintain their language and many aspects of their ancient culture. By now, sheikhs, or converts to Islam, make up more than half of the total Kalasha-speaking population.
Kalasha women usually wear long black robes, often embroidered with cowrie shells. For this reason, they are known in Chitral as "the Black Kafirs". Men have adopted the Pakistani shalwar kameez, while children wear small versions of adult clothing after the age of four. In contrast to the surrounding Pakistani culture, the Kalasha do not in general separate males and females or frown on contact between the sexes. However, menstruating girls and women are sent to live in the "bashaleni", the village menstrual building, during their periods, until they regain their "purity". They are also required to give birth in the bashaleni. There is also a ritual restoring "purity" to a woman after childbirth which must be performed before a woman can return to her husband. The husband is an active participant in this ritual. Girls are initiated into womanhood at an early age of four or five years
I m very proud to be kalash ❤️
Hello, you have a beautiful culture. Attractive clothes, magnificent geography, and I love the river that flows through. I wish you a happy and healthy life.
@@goiyeaglua40 Thanku so much dear have a look on my channel 😍
@@YanisKalashProduction Jai Shree ram 🕉️
@@varun8170 no ram pagans deity's
But others are not
I found them very similar to the tribes from Himalayas in India. I loved learning about them, I pray to god they could retain their culture and live peacefully 🙌
Love from India ❤️
You really think 4,000 people will last a decade in a chuslim country like porkistan?
They are basically Hindus
They are Israelites.
It is aweful.
All what it said about their ancient habbit of sex with kids is applied in the satanic pedophile rings today. Sexual initiation at 4-5 years old of the Kalash is disgusting 🤢 .
It reminds me of the Molech culture of Israel.
The same about the unclean women around menstruation and birth.
The same about animal sacrifices.
The same about the culture of the bull or of the goat
They used to sacrifice their first born too
The Kalash are one of the lost tribes of Israel, the tribe of Dan, that colonized Europe. They were pagans too, and blond, faired skin
I’m a Muslim and live in chitral but I want nothing more then to have more of my kalashi friends people in Pakistan 🇵🇰 peace and respect ❤️✊🏼
but ab jiyada din tak nhi rahege
bechare kab tak bache rahenge
Bhai un logo ko islam ke liye maardo
Warna vo ek din puch legay islam kaha sai aaya tha ?
Inner desire of every Muslim is to CONVERT #Truth
@@AshishMeena yes thats true. We always want to save you from eternal hellfire which you will get by worshipping things other than God.
@@indianrevertchannel1230 Abay Kulli maregi tu narak main jaegi ..... 6 saal ki bachi ke sath sambhog karne wale ko bhagwan manti ho Qutiya
I would encourage the kalash people to preserve their beautiful culture no matters what's believes or faith they follow.the kalash women are as beautiful as the colour of their colorful traditional dress.lots of love from Manipur,the north east India
Hope the Kalash people can retain as much of their beautiful culture. I really enjoyed learning about them. Thanks for the documentary.
Let's "hope"
Nope 60% are converted to Islam now.
@@oRohitdev No, i believe they can and they will. There's no reason why they cannot, even if Westerner's ways of life, are encroaching upon them. I know their total numbers have dwindled greatly in the past 50 or so years, but if they really want to preserve their culture and their way of life, they can do this & there's no reason to simply allow it to slip away. As the saying goes.....Where there's a will, there's a way & where there's love, there's hope. The Kalashi love their culture and their way of life, this i know for sure, so there's much hope for the present, future protection & continuation of their culture. Also, i do believe, that with the tourists coming in annually, this may well "encourage" all Kalashi peoples, to hold onto and to maintain, their unique and beautiful way of life. I sure hope so, bec it's very very special & rare indeed. Take care.
Beautiful place, colourful people , Hope they preserve their culture without any dilution
R u a Chemist 🙂
You must have heard this saying that by giving love to the front, you will get love, if you hate and torture, then the person in front will also treat you with hatred, I hope yes you will understand, and thank you
you're a dreamer if you think that might happen buddy
@@santallumI think you are deliberately blind and deaf
@@santallum .....he wasn't willing bad ..clean your own heart and mind
Very colourful and beautiful dresses. Please don't make them use the boring black ones. I also hope they preserve their culture. ❤️
I’m kalash part of Afghanistan, nooristan brother with chatral of Pakistan, I love my culture.
Be glad. Taliban would of make shoarma out of them lol
@@AbCd-sv9jq whats shoarma? The taliban are killing all ethnicities there as well as women.
Lobr
@@dinasun3 it's like a chicken franky or a rolled tako Called shorma.
@@shivajimulik3045 it is spelled shawarma bro, but respect for efforts
This was such a great documentary. Never in my life had I heard of the Kalash people. What a lovely and beautiful consortium of people they are
Respect and hat off to the Pakistan government and the Pakistani people. I can see recognition by the government and respected by the people. Mutual coexistence worth of emulation.
This documentary needs stop calling them infidels, when in our region in kpk they just simply call them non Muslims rather than infidels
Infidel is a word derived from Christian traditions.
True
@@GhulamMustafa-pn2xi stop lying, everyone knows infidel is a common word in Quran which Quran call disbelievers
@@nenyeuka6197 The translation of Kafr means "to cover" and in old Arabic was used for the farmers because they used to cover the seed with soil. The seed represents truth and soil is falsehood. When the divine message was delivered to the pagans, they used to reject it and say should "we forget the traditions of our forefathers" (paganism). Now, since they disbelieve in the message and cover the truth with falsehood, then they known as kafr. But the term infidels comes from the Christian traditions and not mentioned in the old (classical) Arabic.
@@GhulamMustafa-pn2xi that's the problem with koran and islam, everyone claim to knw the correct interpretation, very disjointed language (arabic).
No matter how u try to sugar coat it, the only sect of pple who stil use that word "infidel " in this era are ur imams, mullahs, muslims general and everyone knows that.
Thank you so much! These people are so peaceful, beautiful, and simple living 🥰
Aye. Genuinely peaceful. Not the Pieceful peaceful
They are very peaceful & Good people.Let them enjoy their culture & religion & traditions.
You worry for your country minorities, mind your business, cow kids!
Chandra Segaran. Pl do not worry as these Kalash are living a peaceful, happy and prosperous life in the remotest part of Pakistan.They are enjoying/practicing their religion,customs and traditions without any let or hinderance . We also wish and desire that similarly, about 250 million Muslims living in India also have same peaceful life without any hindrance by the facists[Hitlers off shoots] called RSS to let 250 MILLION MUSLIMS practice their religion/traditions as Kalash are having.Regards
@@maccafoodsintl9378 You arsehole …minorities are treated better in India than Muslim countries….kalash population has depleted from 30000 people to just over 3000 and everyone knows why …..
@@rashidhussain8571 if kalash people were living peaceful life then their population wouldn’t have depleted from 30000 to 3000 today ….Minority populations have grown in India in last 70 years unlike Pakistan and Bangladesh where they have been killed, converted or driven out !
@@rashidhussain8571 Tibetan buddhists, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Muslims and many other minority religions have grown in population in India in last 70 years …..
💕💕💕💕 for all Kalash tribes watching from Bangladesh god bless of all Kalash tribes
I love the Kalash culture and their colourful lifestyle!
Love the Kalash beautiful girls too. Will be a perfect ideal wife with loyalty. LOL
@@blasblasblas2094 except, they don't marry outside their community.
A unique and beautiful culture. I hope the youth can find ways to mesh their heritage with the outside modern world
Love kalash From India 🇮🇳
Awesome to see such people still exist.these people facing lot of challenges but still trying to preserve thier culture.Love from india
They love their Islam don't worry
I like the Kalash people's perspective on nature, family, and life in general. They seem like wonderful people.
i hope they are
Such a beautiful girls.. MashaAllah 🥰
Kalash culture are very rich,... Love from 🇮🇳India
Nature and Kalash blend in unison. Hope the culture remains in its original.
you must be joking
@@swatteam2002 joking for what?
@@archimilo8486 the conversion is on peak level.
I am sure they are forced to do so and probably being taken advantage of.
@onlbbu Faith is different from culture. pagans
How peaceful they are living and how Beauty of these valley girls . Omg no words to say
Each time I watch a nice video of the Kalasha, I fall deeper in love with them, their simplistic lifestyle....Heavenly!! God bless them..
yes you said it ..Heavenly!! God bless them..
@Lol xd mai kaise maan lun govt. Can't do anything bro . 🙂
@Lol xd mai kaise maan lun which leader is more strong than modi in today's scenario ? And what can a leader do in this situation ?
@Lol xd mai kaise maan lun bhai dange ho jayenge . 😂 pichli bar toh bas CAA or NRC pr gaand fat gyi thi inki . Pr me toh ye puch rha tha inki help kese krega yogi ya Modi ? Ye toh pak me h 👀
@Lol xd mai kaise maan lun mitr itna aasan hota nuclear codes ko hack krna . Toh kya hi baat hoti .
Or jab desh ke andar hi dange honge toh bahar kese ladenge ?
Or kisi ko bhi uski identity se hate ni ho skti agar ho gyi toh uske zinda rehne ka koi reason ni rhega . 🙂
Or ek full on war itni aasan ni hoti . Upar pak ke Abba china or h . Uski bhi gaand me chull ho ri h abhi toh .
A lovely mother I am sure a Muslim mother would not say this if her daughter was converted to another faith.
Neither would a christian, hindu or jewish mother say that sadly
Kalash people and their culture is so beautiful
Hiiii
This ancient civilisational society needs to be preserved.
I think no religions should change such a beautiful culture and, rather Pakistan should help preserve the ancient culture.
Love Pakistan people’s and food🇵🇰💚❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful nature,beautiful people
I am very proud of kalash ❤
Amazing people! Respect from Bulgaria! Good luck!
We need to preserve their culture and support them in the way they want to live.
cant by enforcing islam in schools, sad
@Kuvvet karazehir most non-muslims, usually people dont enforce their beliefs on others.
@Kuvvet karazehir uh, watch the video
@Kuvvet karazehir why do u teach Islamic studies to non Muslims? You are probably a Muslim to support this. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Stop imposing Islam through schools,then
MAY GOD OF UNIVERSE PROTECT THEM ETERNALLY🙏
Good to see the Kalash tribes are still living out their culture , they should never have to be forced to convert , so true how there are so many ways the Kalash lose their identity and culture by these conversions. A stronger commitment to protect these tribes should be implemented.
Beautiful vedio thanks for sharing us 😍👍
Beautiful natural place
May God bless them..save from Islam attack n conversion
روعة والناس ايضا روعة والمكان واللبس مميز
Yes
I do hope you an your heritage an your ways keeps going . Blessings for u all
So happy to have stumbled on this. Such beauty, diversity and complexity in our world - that can be read into the challenges the Kalash people and so many other minorities face. What is happiness and contentment, what is development, what is it to have a culture, what is it to be human?
thank you for sharing...
Great video, amazing content!💖😍 God bless u and your family. Thank you for making us happy and smiling...🌹🌹Keep rising and shining... sending lots of Love and care 💕from Sydney, Australia.
The clothes are great. The Kalash is a great idea if it were a universal option.
Beautiful sharing ...
Amazing and healthy life in northern areas...hardwork but healthy life..cities has easy life but depression,anxiety and diseases...quality of life is only simple,pure and away from cities...
Hiii
I hope you preserve your special culture as much as humanly possible. Do not deviate for others, another culture or religion doesn't offer something better than what you have. You should only change tradition if something improves your life and the life of others. I was raised roman catholic but I am now Jain, it's for the better for all sentient beings although I still respect my family traditions and culture but this way has improved my life and the life of all others around me. You have a wonderful way of living, respectful, choice and freedom, it was refreshing to see and learn.
Only Indic culture (Hinduism) guarantees that freedom today
Great documentary, I love the kalash culture and beautiful colourful dressing. They women are beautiful and unique.
we are proud of tribal system in Pakistan, so simpleton and pure without adultration
Beautiful Video 😍
What a beautiful culture
जन्नत जन्नत सिर्फ जन्नत 😍🙏🇮🇳
I have never seen more beautiful clothing, it is a great desire to visit the Kalash
What a beautiful area, and gentle people they seem the Kalash. I would love to visit them...not to just walk in on their privacy but to know another culture. love from Israel.
Try to vist gaza and respect them first .
I think Kalash people are very smart, love how they think and dress!
Hello, aankju maach for your film, very interesting video. And very interesting culture of Calash.
Incredible...such a beautiful place and beautiful people.
I am so proud of India that they retained Hinduism and did not fall to Islam! Ganesha is proud of you
it's not Hinduism
@@immrankhalid ancient Rig vedic Hìndùiśm very different from modern one
@@rtam7097 Hindus still have our identity. Proud we did not convert.
@@immrankhalid look who is speaking an converted Muslim 😂😂😂😂😂😂
They’re pagan dummy not Hindu
regardless of attire they are really beautiful,simplicity rich in culture
Fantastically educational! I love their clothing!
They wear very beautiful clothing I wish I could get some of those clothing
5:53 we have those same made in china chairs everywhere in Manipur
I like it because it's Natural beauty
Great documentary, no doubt Kalash is an amazing valley. I was there last month and loved my stay, Kalash people are so pure, innocent and full of hospitality. I am proud to say this beauty Kalash valley is in Pakistan. People in the western world usually tag Pakistan with bad image, this documentary shows, not everyone or everything is bad in my country. Good and bad people exist everywhere in the world. Humanity is always first !!!
THank you,,,So beautiful ,,, God bless to save kalash Culture
GOD Blessed you ALL from IRAN 🇮🇷!!!
Nice presentation and nice people love from Kolkata india suvankar Ganguly
Wow... Beautiful culture n people 👌❤
Thank you for this beautiful, informative video. What beautiful people.
Very beautiful 🤩, rich culture and nicely documented 👍🙏
Mashaallah Mashaallah Allahu wakber this amazing story ❤ I love it im from Ethiopian I love this country
This is in pakistan
Beautyful culture...thank your share
Wonderful place!!!
One day these total kalashi population will be finished under the pressure of rapid Islamization
I am from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬, in the past our women have the same cultural traditions like the Kalash unfortunately it has died out. Beautiful fertile valley inhabit by lovely people and very pretty women and handsome men. It is truly a mythical place.
Are your people beautiful and handsome????
welcome to india
@@firstnationfall5451 are you ? 😂
@@taminakhan4690
Very much so. What about you????😁😁😁😁
@@shivajimulik3045
Not
Was here because of an assignment but loved to get know about this culture
অনেক সুন্দর প্রকৃতি ও ঘরবাড়ি।
So sad that conversion problem reach to last tribal population. They have to justify the conversion with smile faces otherwise repercussions would be far worse .
Beautiful place and equally beautiful people...🙏🙏🙏
Any culture that respects women is a good culture.
A beautiful people. Love from 🇿🇦
* May the beautiful Kalash forever retain their culture, their religion, and their unique identity as one-of-a-kind; remember there are millions and millions of "Muslims".... there are only a very few Kalash.... hold back the Islamic tide and ENDURE!
Love Kalash brother And sister From Peshawar Pashtoon ❤️
So impressive people are studying...one of the excellent thing i seen...
Good Information Beautiful Scenes Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
As Muslim Pakistani, I truly believe that we and our government should do everything to preserve this culture and protect their ways. These people are a jewel to our nation. Dear Kalashis, pls don't lose your culture and traditions.
Don’t convert them to islam.
The Kalash culture must to be retained as before 🙏🙏from India.
T.Samanta. The culture and their customs are being retained and protected. Do not worry, but rpt but it is in PAKISTAN and not in India. Very poor IQ and knowledge, Mr or Ms Samanta.
@@rashidhussain8571 Whole world already knows how u protect other cultures and traditions. Says a brainless Jihadi nation..
@Musa Kusa yes..except the peaceful religion..everyone allowed...Sorry, i forgot to mention that...Because india provides equal rights for all humans only..
@@britonsnazis1236 Not destorying mosques as in India..Having said I would like ALL rpt ALL to protect and safegaurd all religious places[mosques, temples, grudewara churches,synagogues etc etc] as by destroying harm to the followers of those religions as they will rebuild these worship plces . So stop destroying worship places or killing followers of any religion
@@rashidhussain8571 OK..WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SRI LANKAN WORKER FEW DAYS AGO..HE WAS BURNT LIVE..ua-cam.com/video/yq_8sNPTnMU/v-deo.html
Such beautiful and gentle people and such a beautiful place
This video was very informative 👌 and culture to know and learn about it very beautifully naturally town 😀 thank you to showing the world .please keep doing good work.
I visited kalash valley in 1984 .There were 3 kalashi tribes living in the valley.What I saw at that time and now there are lot of changes in their living style...their houses etc....Somehow cultural changes have taken place with the passage of time..Now it's not what I saw 37 years before...
We need protect their culture before Pakistán convert to islam this religion, culture and language are unique
@@chinchanchou Dear when I visited this valley I was almost 19 year old..At that time they have black grapes orchards in abundance around their villages and they used to make wine out of these moreover I saw a unique tradition that when someone among them dies they put the dead body in same dress with full ornaments and put the body in a wooden coffin and place that coffin in the grapes orchard with his cart on the coffin
@@waqarmasoud7219 is a shame Pakistán no protect their religious and traditions horrible this muslim doing
@Kuvvet karazehir go to arabia fanatic relgious.... us ancestr were hindus not muslim the relgion of invaders from arabia
@Kuvvet karazehir ignorant only you are 🤦♂️🤦♂️🙄
Great tribe love from india
🙏Love & Respect From India🇮🇳
I hope your people are safe
Beautiful 💓
Hiii
Keep your cultures and Tradition, theyre beautiful colorful clothes
People of Lord shiv
Beautiful girls , Beautiful culture .
They are the original indigenous Aryans. The region of northwestern Indian subcontinent and touching region of Central Asia is the original home of this race and then this race went westwards. The Kalash have nothing to do with the Greeks or Macedonians. Alexander was never in this region after his battle with Porus (who won or lost genuinely is anybody's guess) Alexander retreated. The language of the Kalash is Dardic related to Shina and Kashmiri an Aryan language. Their Gods are Rigvedic Aryan Gods.
Sardarboota Singh Aryans is a myth ,no such people ever come to India ,do a search. Kalasha people are cross bread of Indians and Greeks .Hence their fair colour .
@@ssimba2785 The Greeks were in Pakistani Punjab and people there are mostly dark and short like Greeks. Porus fought Alexander (who won or lost is anybody guess) but thus Alexander retreated never entered what is India today or the region of Kalash.
@@ssimba2785 It's not a myth but a fact. Greek never went to what is today India - so no idea why your bringing India into the frame. These people live on the Pak-Afghan border.
@@sardarbootasingh2708 Large areas of Pakistan came under Greek rule after Alexander left. For instance Greek kingdom ruled from a suburb of modern day Islamabad called Taxila. The entire region from Peshawar to Islamabad is dotted with Greek era historical sites like Sirkap etc. It is thus plausible Greek influence permeated all over Northern Pakistan. There is a nice museum in Taxila that houses all sort of Greek artifacts including coins with Greek language. By the way just outside Jhelum, Pakistan there is a Alexander Monument built at the site of the Battle of Hydaspes between Porus and Alexander.
You mean coterminous Pakistan is home of the original Aryans.
Beauty of nature impress me the most.....
Beautiful people! ♥️
This documentary about the kalash tribe is very informative and presented really well, this channel definitely deserves more subscribers. Thanks!