While Pakistan is predominantly a Muslim nation, it is home to an ancient pagan people known as the Kalash who claim descent from Alexander the Great. Known for the love of wine, unveiled women, ...

The annual three-day festival kicks off amid stringent security in scenic Chitral. The three-day Kalash spring festival, Chilam Joshi, launched with usual fervor in the Bumboret Valley on May 13, and ...

KALASH VALLEY, Pakistan -- Hidden in the mountains near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, the Kalash tribe loves homemade wine and whiskey, dances for days at colorful festivals, and practices a ...

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 ...

The religious festival of the Kalash tribe, Chitermas (Chaumos), is currently underway in the Kalash Valley, drawing both locals and tourists to one of the region’s most significant cultural ...

CHITRAL (Bumburet), Sept 4: Away from the fevers and frets of life, a strange conglomerate of about 4,000 people dotting the picturesque countryside of Chitral valley, continues discreetly to battle ...

A report aired by PTV news channel revealed that the serene Kalash Valley is currently alive with festivities as the local Kalash community observes their traditional ‘Chomos festival’, a vibrant ...

PESHAWAR: Senior folk artists returned from a three-day cultural trip to Kalash valley in Chitral where they highlighted natural beauty of the area through music and photography. Arranged under the ...

Conservative Muslims accuse the minority community of causing last month’s earthquake. Conservative Muslims in Pakistan’s northwest are blaming the animist Kalash for a powerful earthquake that ...

We accessed the Kalash after making a ten hour journey from the Pashtun-dominated frontier city of Peshawar which lies to the south of the mountains. Approximately seven hours of this journey was made ...

P Pulse News Agency International by AFP Follow Every year the Kalash -- a group of less than 4,000 people confined to a handful of villages in the north -- greet the new season with animal sacrifices ...