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Posted: 19 Nov 2022

Taken: 28 Sep 2022

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Kalash children, Kafiristan. Pakistan.

Kalash children, Kafiristan. Pakistan.
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The Kalash are an Indo-Ayrian minority group in Pakistan, living in remote valleys adjacent to the Pakistan border. As non Muslims they come under pressure from extremists who feel these women should be in hijabs and be subservient. They are, in the contrary, confident, boldly dressed in their traditional clothes, and educated. Education is very highly valued. This is a school. Kids have UNICEF bags. The back view of the girls in their daily headgear coming off the field from a game of cricket in school PE lesson.
The picture at the bottom is an imposter ( me) at a village ceremony with local friends.

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Latest comments - All (27)
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
An excellent series of photos, Diana. Good to read they stand up to pressure and wear the lovely brightly coloured traditional clothes. You look most elegant. A perfect choice, Diana.
2 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Very nice impressions, Diana !
2 years ago.
 Nicole Merdrignac
Nicole Merdrignac club
Superbes et très interessants . Bon week-end. Nicole .
18 months ago.
 aNNa schramm
aNNa schramm club
Hello Diana,
I just saw a great documentary on TV about the women of the Kalash, about their childhood, schooling, training, traditions and their life in the community.
What was interesting to me was the time of menstruation, that during this time they live away from the family, together with other women, in a specially built house with a garden, magnificent and beautiful... and that births also take place there.
The friendliness and openness of the girls were fascinating.
The clothes are so wonderfully colorfully embroidered.
In order to document and preserve the culture of the Kalasha, a written language based on the Latin alphabet was recently developed.
5 weeks ago.
 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
Hello Anna. Thank you. It is a most interesting, open and friendly community. The women and girls are marvellous, and the culture is amazing. I have been there on 2 occasions. It is very remote and the access is terrifying. This has been a good thing in many ways as it has helped preserve this very unique ancient culture. They are a very small ethnic group, totalling about 7000 people, many of whom do not live any longer in the traditional isolated valleys, which border onto Afghanistan. Of those that do, many have been converted to Islam. This is really sad, as it is the hard line variety, so parts of some of the tiny villages have women in the Afghan burqa, not in traditional bright embroidered clothing. It is under terrible pressure from Islam.
There are schools, and the kids all go. It is lovely to watch the girls in their embroidered dresses playing football and cricket! I fear that the future will not be kind to this culture. And that is so very sad.
Have a lovely weekend…Diana ❤️
5 weeks ago.

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