CHITRAL: It was a rare occasion in Rumbur valley when a pilgrim was given a ‘red-carpet’ welcome by the people of Kalash community including women and children, who received him with ...

Welcome to Kalash. "Please don't take my picture as our culture doesn't allow us to do so in mourning," Gull told me as we went to her house in the middle of wheat fields in Bumburet, one of the ...

Ishpata means welcome in the Kalasha language spoken exclusively by the endangered Kalash people, an ethnic group that has lived in three secluded valleys of these towering mountains for centuries ...

Welcome to Chitral, where rose-filled valleys ... a lineage that traces back to Alexander The Great. The intrigue of the Kalash people — an ethnic and religious minority indigenous to the ...

A Kalash woman wearing a traditional dress takes a selfie with her friends on May 16 during a break as they celebrate Joshi, a festival to welcome the arrival of spring, at Bumburate village in ...

Kalash people wear new dresses and prepare various dishes to welcome the spring. According to organisers, Kalash men and women were seen shopping for the festival in the Chitral bazaar while in ...

"If they don’t respect us, we don’t need tourists," says Yasir Kalash, the vice president of the local hotel association. "If they respect... our culture and traditions, we must welcome [them]." ...

GORAKHPUR: The Jal Kalash Yatra, carrying holy waters from the rivers of Nepal for jalabhishek of Lord Rama in Ayodhya, reached the Gorakhnath Temple amidst a warm welcome from the Vishwa Hindu ...

ISLAMABAD: The annual week-long historic Kalash tribe’s colorful ‘Choimus festival has formally begun to attract a large number of tourists from all corners of the country and abroad ...

“If they don’t respect us, we don’t need tourists,” says Yasir Kalash, the vice president of the local hotel association. “If they respect . . . our culture and traditions, we must welcome [them].” ...