Thanks. To northwestern pakistan close to the Afghan Border the kalash people are struggling to preserve their centuries old culture. Once they inhabited large portions of the hindu kush deep into todays afghanistan. Today their own urine 4000 commercial after they live in 3 picturesque valleys in the pakistani province of. The kalash are facing an uncertain future. In predominantly muslim pakistan the survival of their traditions herds in the balance. Until recently the valleys where the kalash lives were so inaccessible but they were effectively cut off from the outside world. Now a bumpy dirt road brings vehicles here. For centuries the remote location of the bomber at romber and barrier valleys preserve the local kalash from the fates suffered by other members of the faith. Through the hindu kush region because lash have been persecuted as infidels killed or forced to convert to islam. Today they are under the protection of the state as pakistan smallest ethnic religious minority they can practice their faith and traditions freely. Unlike the monotheistic muslim surrounding them the color should hear its ancient indoeuropean polytheistic beliefs in harmony with nature. According to some legends they are descended from greek soldiers from the army of alexander the greats. Life in the valleys has changed greatly in recent years the kalash are no longer isolated. And now they face the question of how to preserve their culture their time of radical upheaval the new connection to the outside world has not only enabled islam to move into the valleys modern civilization is also encroaching on the villages. The streets are filled with commercial activity. Television the internet and smartphones are widespread evidence of how the original way of life is gradually changing. At the state run girls school and over at 17 year old persecuted is about to graduate and she is facing big challenges she wants to study at a college for which she will have to leave her native village. Yes. Islamic instruction is mandatory in all Public Schools in pakistan. The kalash students also have to take part. But in my did it was it is a myth that it isnt. It. Was it is a myth that he did it the way i love what i did. The path the Higher Education overtly passes through the Public Schools attending them offers People Better job prospects and a way out of poverty. But they always feel the subtle pressure to conform to them was majority. Then yeah. Oh god boom if they give you. What. Persecute his house its time to prepare the evening meal. The cooking is done in the traditional way. Every meal is accompanied by flat bread made from corn or wheat both are grown in the valley. Bicyclers mother doesnt need electricity to cook. But her brother does to watch television. Yeah that is why. I have. One i would not. Want. For a long time the kalash here were selfsufficient even today most of their food the 1st tar valley. Alongside grain the farmers here grow many kinds of fruits and vegetables. In the evening the whole family gathers for dinner. And prosecute loner siblings have spent the day in school the parents worked in the field and took care of the family business. On. The flat bread and bins and in very good part of daily life just like the pakistani gar worn by the men the shell of archimedes and the round woman top of the pack all. The women still wear brilliantly embroidered dresses on the course rhesus sort of headdress. That is a big contrast to the clothes worn by muslim women. The animistic believes that the kalash are not part of an organized religion. Their faith is neither books nor buildings without holy scriptures mosques churches or temples the kalash are guided by the signs and rhythms of nature. Their most important goal is to live in harmony with their environment. Was. One woman who has managed to hold on to her calash culture and complete studies at university as syud goal. The archaeologist navigates between 2 worlds that of the kalash and muslim society. She researches her own culture and hopes to raise Public Awareness about it. She sees that as an important step in bolstering the rights of the kalash. But the developments of bomb breath have also the author mark and siad goals own family. Her younger sister maya recently converted to islam to go along with her. But so far she is the only muslim among the 7 children. Through so i had good things her sister decided to convert out because she was in love with a muslim. Marriage would only be possible after conversion. But it does it well enough. By the way that. The 20 year old mile long talk with her family about her reasons. Its a tough situation for all of them. I live in the region to give a little. I thought. I was good oh i get up here get up and work with our parents were very alarmed when she converted but she can be a good person as a muslim too so its all right its her decision the most important thing is that shes a good person. With their right. But when im dressed as a muslim. On which i miss colors things just make my family. I could go on wearing it but i dont with the queer muslim name were still in love. Looking at the problem isnt the religion but the people if you convert to islam and keep on wearing colored clothing people might think that youre not committed to islam or have even abandoned it. And actually muslim on and that could antagonize religious extremists without the beginning of the vatican as you dont even get those if you thought there was some other films how do you feel about your daughter converting to islam. You know local with. You the guy is that i was and i his and i have to accept it shes my daughter yes he said peik ip shes still a good person and thats what matters most of the libretto is im with you to enjoy me here during ramadan i try to relieve her of her chores so that she still always wanted to help me in kit what. I want whats best for her and with them shes my daughter. Kind of a bomber which is a young a just like you know. Sister and i am a girl my sister is disappointed in me shes more than my big sister. Shes also like a mother and father for me. Shes done so much for. Oh i tell. Her. Im taking. The kalash of durham useem and bangor at was founded with the help of a greek and you know alongside the exhibition rooms it houses a library and a Primary School for kalash children so i have go comes here often. Just that has a budget but more population isnt growing like it should be for many people talk about forced conversion. But this pressure isnt so easy to define. So what kind of pressure is it to me. It happens in an indirect way the money. On the one hand there are many of us. And our children are influenced in school or was just a daughter with a dad i states that. The things they learn to push them further away from our culture was at the camp are happy to stand up at a party. Like maya more and more young kalash are converting to islam. That is where the numbers have been continuously dwindling. From 3000295238 extension 00 today. Class women are allowed to choose their husbands. To divorce them. Because they marry a muslim and convert to islam to do so they are bound to their new faith. Conversion to islam is a step that cant be reversed. In this way a personal choice can affect the entire society. In the few kalash you remain bear the responsibility of preserving the culture. The weather in the valley is ideal for hair washing the river. Using what nature has given. Striking braided hair styles of being worn by collage women for centers. Of colorful hyundai be neck laces also have a long tradition they way up to several kilograms and the one by women of all ages when the birth chains increases as a woman grows older. Early summer is movie time and bomber at the sweet fruits ripen almost off once. Everyone pitches in to harvest them and dry and store them for the winter to come. Or at least the ones the cows leave behind. My. Name now. For the kalash it is normal to few animals not as property but as partners. Persecutors mother uses the fresh milk to make cheese butter and be. Gather that for now our. Residents here no longer have to cultivate and make everything themselves nowadays there are small shops. The roads may be bad but they enable traders to come here to sell their goods. That. Modern life is entering the sleepy valleys. And rapidly growing tourism is bringing many changes for the clash. But its also opening up new business opportunities. Persecutors father phasey can has gone into the terrorism business. Hes turned his home into a hotel. But you. Need more than the. Care you get told. We run the hotel as a family. In the reduced amount that earns us some money to pay for our childrens education through the middle but you can go in the can do you need money while there are many other opportunities here theres jobs. A little more for you theres no industry in the valley meaning no jobs the world must be a tourist only come during 2 or 3 months of the year general good to keep those easier to move in with no one comes in the winter time stores are here but tourism at least gives us a small income which commodity. Person and her mother also profit from not. Put up but delivered in a good game and i did like the tourists they come here in the Summer Holidays for our festivals so we dont have walls of fences around our houses so they just walk right in and take pictures. I dont like the house. But theres a. Little way up the river life still seems normal im going to stir my turds. Goes enough this here with her family. The 14 year old student. Faces the same questions most young kalash do searching follow in their mothers footsteps and care for the family the household and the fields. Or should she leave the valley and go out into the world. This is the family farm children from the neighborhood gather here. They only hear. Them. On their. Father shire alam is a teacher instructs the children in a spare time. When. He. Patiently teaches them reading writing and in wish. You do most of them or they dont need blackboards or notebooks. Pebbles will also do the trick. Kalash a language spoken here belongs to the dark languages its writing uses latin characters. It is spoken exclusively in the 3 kalash valleys of the Chitral District. Think issue in class culture and language around the curriculum of the state funded Primary School. But only a few places are available the other children have to attend the public Islamic Schools here i. Keep my boot up nothing much as your average will that acknowledgement gives you yeah i should. Not libel you gotta go yes. Maam. You have to roll your tongue here was more. Rare. Her. Eat her. But. There was. Something was happening now was nice because. Cancun. That girl. Was closer. Than anything the last was. In contrast to the Islamic Schools the kalash classes are mixed gender the boys and girls learn together. After graduating from Primary School all the children move on to the public secondary schools have separate classes for boys and girls and follow the islamic curriculum. Personally interferes and it is an education is so important. Which if the children want to get an education they have to go to other towns and. There they will come into contact with other cultures and they may adapt to them. But the culture doesnt die out it improves and it changes through contact with the outside world. If someone wear shorts for instance the other children might find that practical and start wearing shorts too we were banned neighborhood. Changes will come. If we have education it improves our culture to. Make our children learn that they have a choice to get an education shows them the way it is the light. Goes another sister headed to the bunker at high school. Goes in our is in the 8th grade there she takes along her islamic child or to put on in the classroom wearing the child or is that mandatory for kalash girls but in the predominately Muslim School environment most of them feel more comfortable and it. Was. Causing our takes or attendance at the Islamic School in stride she knows that attending Public School is the only way she can get an education she knows that the school is financed by the islamic state. Pounds. A. Week. That it. That. It. Goes in are doesnt question the Islamic Educational system she hopes the benefit from it as much as possible. Her proud supporter in that they see a good education as the basis of a life with prospects for the future. While she was working in the field goals in our started menstruating that means she cant go back to the village and her parents home for several days. A mother gets her clothes ready and prepares lunch before goes in or makes a way to dip a shallow. Additionally is a communal menstrual house because women spend their periods and have their babies. Westerners often viewed as cause them as a form of ostracism and discrimination. But within the kalash value system it is a holy place. The challis enjoys a very high status. By. The kalash divide the world into categories im just a im proud to tell ya im just a mean Something Like high or pure prophets can be translated as low or impure but these are not value judgments as they might be in other religions for example the fields are denoted products or impure yet they are the source of life and thus have the highest value for the kalash women are also products but at the same time are seen as the source of creation. The hilo julan some serves as orientation for the kalash a way of organizing every day life. Is that of the vision its a good and bad. Flambeau it will not give anything to. You. But will figure out. How. Can you. Believe me. When i went for the goes the night is not allowed to cross the upper part of the village. Way to the challis is long and hard. And then. She makes a detour around the village keeping as far from what the people as possible. With the wise it could bring misfortune. There are few records of the origins and develop. Of kalash culture. Clash people have no history books or written traditions all the cultural knowledge is passed down orally from generation to generation. In a country like pakistan the relative gender equality kalash a society is something special. Women are highly regarded. Lotion that they could bring misfortune during their menstrual period is in fact protective they are left in peace during this time they dont have to care for their families they cant have sex nor can they carry out hard manual labor. The challis is the place where everyone here was born so its no wonder that the kalash lovingly refer to it as the source of creation. And my view. Goes you know as a newcomer in the bush. The women can choose between 2 communal rooms with 6 or 7 beds each. Official is always outside the village but as one of the most important places for village science for the crucial it is a refuge and a sacred spot. All kalash women spend their menstrual periods in the bush early pregnant women come here to give birth and remain in the shower leave for around 30 days after their babies are born. They often have their Young Children with the boys and girls. The time of the bashar as a time to recuperate and gives them a time out from daily life every month. However they cannot attend festivals or go to school. They dont have to cook for themselves their families bring their meals and leave them in front of the challis. Many of the women spend their time doing handicrafts but girls you know finds the air force time out quite a challenge getting bored so boring here. And i dont like feeling bored. But its the rule so i have to come here. And no one is clear on the outing. I like playing football and telling. Me that. I love the color our clothing our festivals everything yes. It does many rides i would like to go to college and she trial. Because when i lived there i wont have to go to the bashar li when i have my period. Lots of girls go there to study but i know i wont like it because i love the colors people so much. Was. Whether its a womans menstrual cycle the seasons of the year or sudden weather change for centuries kalash of organized their lives and their rituals in accordance with the laws of nature. How much of that will the Younger Generation carry on in the future. A group of women have also gathered and goes in as has a mother dr go her friends over for afternoon tea. Boys by said they have the biden. Family should think about what the bus sharlee means to us women. What does this tradition mean that my same decide to go to the women. There that you must. Take. A few days of rest before you go back home. Even the older women who no longer go to the shirley meet of regularly the conversations range from reflections on culture to everyday topics what are the children doing whats cooking and who brought which both goods. Im going to leave out. Ever like you. Let them. Make the. Most of the older women consider the pasha an asset a valuable part of the culture. A place that dignifies women who need help. But the push early can also be seen as a form of oppression. The obligatory stay there also denies menstruating women a role in the normal life of the community. Should trump is the closest city to brett could be reached in 2 and a half hours the capital of Chitral District offers its 45000. 00 residents plenty of activities. Since 27. 00 day and it is also how the university. Persecuted a mother visiting her sister sophia. Many young kalash come here to study. Like. This to editors. Living. All day and i can make it. The new university is seen as a driver of Economic Growth in the region and the way of lifting people out of poverty. Want you to listen. To us and listen looking a little let you get the microphone only good let me say that now its risky lesson missed it by finishing the. Women lets at least say. You. Constantly will. You. Give me an efficient decision to divide loosely on good will and if it wouldnt be the best for you to insist the 1st lesson youre looking at it doesnt look over the area that were facing a plan because they just let them have what the done for you. Ill take it. And suffer but there was a little bit of. A laugh at that time. With departments including Political Science i. T. N. Economics the university is open to both men and women. But in the small cafeteria there is strict gender segregation. Was. Definitely. A new world awaits persecution a world full of technology and new regulations but also full of knowledge. That they just cant think. Of. It is in the. What impact will that new world have on kalash culture. Bad side bad as so many women are wearing the child or the child or is not a part of culture a medical opinion about what the but they make of it going to get the opportunity but what will remain of our culture when women veil themselves. That the men have long been dressing like the muslims do so its the women who keep our culture alive. That i doubt they have a very good the but image of. What. Was. Right out. There. Was that if you remember. The concept just wondering if you know. After the short visit in her home village is returning to her work at the university. It. Goes in i can leave the pasha lee after 5 days shes glad to be going back to her home and to School Finally back to normal life. This time she doesnt have to avoid people she can take the direct way home straight through the village and across the main bridge. Will the kalash women continue to take this way through their untouched valley in the future. Or will Company Grounds a hotel spring up on the banks of the river. Will come or will interest intrude on the kalash on her feels. The same time the interest tourists are taking in this remote region is also an opportunity. Because here to experience a unique culture perhaps that will give it a chance of survival. Once shes back home its as if was never away now she has the rush to get to school on time just as the parents expect her to. Well like. Many young kalash love the freedom their small world offers them they are determined to preserve their culture. But they also know that they must not miss the boat when it comes to progress and that they will have to prepare for drastic changes. The question is not whether kalash culture will change it will in any case. The question is far more how it will change. India looks for signs of nature make a city of delhi was here theres plenty of pollution and little environmental consciousness. But the angio delhi greens wants to change that. 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