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    The Kalasha Valleys (Kalasha-mondr: Kaĺaśa Desh; Urdu: وادی کیلاش) are valleys in Chitral District in northern Pakistan. The valleys are surrounded by...
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    Kalash people (redirect from Kalasha people)
    up-held their religion and customs, but they were restricted to the Kalasha Valleys of Bumburet, Rumbur and Birir. Despite the increasing Muslim population...
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    region southwest of the Kalasha Valleys, in the Waygal and middle Pech Valleys of Afghanistan's Nuristan Province. The name "Kalasha" seems to have been adopted...
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  • Kalash (redirect from Kalasha of Chitral)
    Kalash or Kalasha may refer to: Kalash people, or Kalasha, an ethnic group of Chitral, Pakistan Kalasha-mun, a language of Chitral, Pakistan Kalasha-ala, a...
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  • welcoming the spring season. While the festival spans the three Kalasha Valleys, Bumburet Valley sees the most visitors due to its greater accessibility. Over...
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    Bumburet (redirect from Bamborate Valley)
    of the three valleys of Kalasha Valleys. An archaeology museum known as Kalasha Dur Museum, is situated in the valley. The Bumburait valley joins the Rumbur...
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    Rumbur (redirect from Rumbur Valley)
    Rumbur (Kalasha: Rukmu) is one of the three Kalasha valleys situated in Lower Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Wynne Maggi (2002). Our...
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    Kafiristan (category Kalasha Valleys)
    the valleys of Rumbur, Bumburet and Urtsun, which were then inhabited by the Kalash tribe or the Black Kafirs. Only this group in the five valleys of Birir...
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  • "observing the sun" in the Kalasha language, is a traditional meteorological and astronomical knowledge system practiced by the Kalasha people in the Hindu Kush...
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  • The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush (category Kalasha Valleys)
    The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush is a book written by Sir George Scott Robertson, illustrated by Arthur David McCormick, and published in 1896 by Lawrence...
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    Dievturība (Latvians) Indo-Aryan: Kalash religion (Kalash people of Kalasha Valleys in Pakistan) Sikhism (among Sikhs in Indian subcontinent and across...
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  • (Kalaṣa-alâ), also known as Nuristani Kalasha, is a language spoken by about 10,000 Nuristani people of the Waigal Valley in the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan...
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  • Animism (category Articles containing Kalasha-language text)
    "Identifying local actors of deforestation and forest degradation in the Kalasha valleys of Pakistan." Forest Policy and Economics 104: 56–64. West, Barbara...
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    Bagrot Valley Naltar Valley Shamanism in Hunza Silk Road transmission of Buddhism Karakoram Mountains Neelam Valley Kalasha Valley Kaghan Valley Hoper...
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    district in all of Azad Kashmir. Hunza Valley Naltar Valley Kaghan Valley Swat Valley Kalasha Valleys Kumrat Valley Sharada Peeth Dosut Lawat Balla The application...
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  • Infobase Publishing. p. 357. ISBN 9781438119137. The Kalasha are a unique people living in just three valleys near Chitral, Pakistan, the capital of North-West...
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    Kalasha Dur Museum ('House of the Kalasha People' or 'Cultural Centre for the Kalasha' in Kalashamondr), also known as Bumburet Museum, is a museum located...
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    Astore Valley Bagrot Valley Chitral Valley Hunza Valley Indus Valley Leepa Valley Kaghan Valley Kalasha Valleys Khaplu Valley Kumrat Valley Neelam Valley Naltar...
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    speakers Southern: Askunu (Ashkun) 40,000 speakers Waigali (Nuristani Kalasha, Kalasha-ala) 12,000 speakers Tregami (Gambiri) 3,500 speakers Zemiaki 500 speakers...
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    Infobase Publishing. p. 357. ISBN 978-1438119137. The Kalasha are a unique people living in just three valleys near Chitral, Pakistan, the capital of North-West...
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  • ways of the residents are evolving. Some have also converted to Islam. Kalasha Dur Museum is an important landmark in the village and displays the cultural...
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    Infobase Publishing. p. 357. ISBN 9781438119137. The Kalasha are a unique people living in just three valleys near Chitral, Pakistan, the capital of North-West...
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  • Zoller, Claus Peter. "Review Article: "Pagan Christmas: Winter feast of the Kalasha of the Hindu Kush" and the true frontiers of 'Greater Peristan'.". In:...
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    Urtsuniwar (category Articles containing Kalasha-language text)
    Urtsuniwar or Urchuniwar (اُرچؕنوار) is a dialect of Kalasha-mun spoken in the Urtsun Valley in Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The total number...
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  • describes the communal bashali (large menstrual house) of women in the Kalasha Valley (northwestern Pakistan) as their 'most holy place', respected by men...
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    ISBN 978-969-35-1231-1. Kalasha came from the south, from present day Afghanistan where the Waigal valley is still called Kalashum. It seems that the Kalasha speaking...
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  • "Punyaha with Panchagavya Sevana", "Nandi Puja", "Ritvikvarana" and Kalasha Sthapana". Kalasha sthapana of the deities - "Maha Ganapati", "Adityadi Navagraha"...
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    communities of speakers of Arabic, Dameli, Gawar-Bati, Gujari(Gojri), Kalasha, Kyrgyz, Kataviri/Kamviri, Madaklashti, Palula, Sariquli, Wakhi, and Yidgha...
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    walnut butter). It is given to men working on the fields; Tewreshak,a Kalasha bread garnished with melted clarified butter and salt; Tasil'i, a flat...
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    phonological value is noted far more rarely." Unlike the neighboring and related Kalasha language, Khowar does not have retroflex vowels. Allophones of /x ɣ h ʋ...
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