The Kalasha People of North-Western Pakistan

The Kalash people, or Kalash as they are generally called, live in three remote valleys in the North-Western province of Pakistan, close to the Afghan border. Chitral is the main staging post of all three valleys.

Location-Chitral

Chitral, which has an elevation of 4,980 feet, lies in the heart of Marco Polo land, nesting between the rugged mountains of the Hindu Kush – ‘Slayers of the Hindus’. According to historian, many slave children, brought from Kashmir and beyond, died on their winter slopes.

The Kalash Valleys