Kalash Valley

Kalash Valley

These are a gathering of three little valleys: Brir, Bumburet, and Rambur. Brir lies at the southernmost tip of Chitral at a separation of 34 km (21 miles) and is effectively open by jeep-capable street by means of Ayun. It is particularly perfect for those not used to trekking. Bumburet, the biggest and the most pleasant valley of the Kafir Kalash, is 36 km. (22 miles) from Chitral and is associated with a jeep-capable street.

Rambur is 32 km (20 miles) from Chitral; the street is jeep-capable. Remote travelers require licenses for visiting the Kalash valleys. Licenses are issued free of expense by the Deputy Commissioner, Chitral, and Tel: 1. outside guests need to settle a toll government obligation of Rs.10 per individual while Re. 1.00 per individual is charged from household sightseers.

Kalash Valley

These valleys have a high atmosphere. The general population occupying these valleys is the crude agnostic clans of Pakistan, who are known as Kafir Kalash, which implies the wearers of the dark robes. Their root is shrouded in contention. A legend says that officers from the armies of the Macedonian winner, Alexander, settled in Chitral and are the forebears of the Kalash.

In Rumbur, one of the little valleys of Kalash, I was far from the buzzing about of regular day to day existence. It was a delightful spot to live; in addition to the fact that it was pleasant, with the turquoise waterway that hurried through the town side and the two mountains behind which the sun climbed every day, except it was additionally lovely in its remoteness and detachment. Here I was, remaining amidst the Hindu Kush Mountains, in the midst of a standout amongst the most exceptional and outlandish societies on the planet.

It has for quite some time been trusted that the Kalash people group plummeted specifically from the Greek-Macedonian multitudes of Alexander the Great, who involved this area in the fourth century BC, over 2,000 years prior. Shockingly, the Kalash were violently vanquished by Afghans in the nineteenth century. Their places of love were decimated, their ladies persuasively secured, and their kin changed over to Islam without wanting to in vast numbers. Just a little minority of individuals from this antiquated race endures, who till this day lives in three remote valleys situated in the north of present-day Pakistan.

The Kalash populace keeps on plunging in the 21st century. It has tumbled from around 10,000 during the 1950s to around 3,000 today. The general population is under consistent risk, either from activist gatherings over the outskirt, or bunches of individuals who think of it as their obligation to persuasively change over them. Albeit political gatherings to give them due recognize every now and then, it is to a greater extent a showcase of social duty and the rights that these individuals have been constrained. Indeed, it was just a year ago that they were perceived by NADRA (National Database and Registration Authority) as a different segment, after Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists. The foundation and offices, for example, schools and restorative consideration, are far beneath standard. The facts demonstrate that these individuals are extremely dedicated to their lifestyle, yet that doesn't imply that they are not by any means qualified for a useful street driving into the urban areas. The floods that happen in this area are decimating; the ones that occurred a year ago devastated the principal street and different employments of the network. There are nearby and universal NGOs that once in a while help the general population; however, these are bandage arrangements. They state on the off chance that you wish to support somebody, don't give them fish; rather, show them how to get fish.

You can gain proficiency with a great deal about a network by watching its kids. Kid or young lady, each youngster that I saw in Kalash went to class. The schools aren't astounding; there are restricted space and supplies, yet the educators are propelling. A few guardians can't manage the cost of larger amount classes or even essential tutoring, yet the network cooperates to beat this. It came as an astonishment to me that every one of the understudies was made to study and pass Islamite tests. Each morning you could hear them discussing Surahs in the get-together.

Going into a network that is particularly mistreated by its environment, one normally anticipates that its occupants should be to some degree reluctant towards outcasts. For this situation, be that as it may, we observed the inverse to be valid. Individuals in Pakistan are commonly known for their neighborliness, yet the Kalash is the best model I've found of that anyplace in the nation. They invited us into their homes, their schools, their families, and their ceremonies. They welcomed us to supper and to go along with them in their festivals. In spite of contrasts in religion, language, culture, clothing, and lifestyle, we firmly associated with them, as individuals. The Kalash and Muslim people group that dwell in these valleys live in relative agreement. Usually, the untouchable who doesn't see how to surf in vast waves, and who causes inconvenience thus.

It is time we have begun regarding the Kalash as a piece of our national personality. It is time we quit exhibiting them to worldwide organizations in the journey for sightseers and help and ignoring them for the rest of the year. The Kalash are a piece of this land the same amount of as we may be, and on the off chance that we don't begin showing ourselves how to swim, there might be no ocean of immense societies left on this land when our kids grow up.