Thanks. Thanks thanks. To northwestern pakistan close of 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 kalashnikov to live in 3 picturesque valleys in the pakistani province of from kuala. The kalash are facing an uncertain future. In predominantly muslim pakistan the survival of their traditions herds in the balance. Thanks. Until recently the valleys where the kalash live 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 bomb rhett romber and barrier valleys preserve the local kalash from the fates suffered by other members of their faith. Through the hindu kush region the collapse of 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 muslims surrounding them the kalash of here to 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 is 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. But the state run girls school and bob are at 17 year old persecutor 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 yet and that. The. Islamic instruction is mandatory in all Public Schools in pakistan. For collage students also have to take part. But in my did it was it is a myth that it isnt. What i imagine if as it is a myth that it the way i love what i did. The path the Higher Education of variably 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 which already. Then yeah. Oh god what if they gave. The prosecutor his house its time to prepare the evening meal. Because king is done in the traditional way. Every meal is accompanied by flat bread made from corn or wheat both are grown in the valley. Prosecutors mother doesnt need electricity to cook. But her brother does to watch television. Yeah well. I have. One i dont know. Why. For a long time the kalash here were selfsufficient even today most of their food comes the fur to our valley. Alongside grain the farmers here grow many kinds of fruits and vegetables. In the evening the whole family gathers for dinner. Prosecute under 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 beans 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 the call. The women still wear brilliantly embroidered dresses and the course rhesus sort 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. Or. 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. One woman who has managed to hold on to her calash culture and completes that hes at university as sayyid 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 above breath have also left their mark and siad goals on family. Her younger sister maya recently converted to islam you know. So far she is the only muslim among the 7 children. And. So i had gove thinks her sister decided to convert out because she was in love with a muslim. There is your why of what marriage would only be possible after conversion. But it doesnt have enough. But it. Did 20 year old maya one talk with her family about her reasons. Its a tough situation for all of them. Are the view that we did little. Other was. 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. Dressed as a muslim. On pitch i miss colors things just like the way my family. And i could go on wearing it but i dont need the money were still pretty much. Living out the problem isnt the religion but the people if you convert to islam and keep on wearing colored clothing people might think that you are not committed to islam or have even abandoned it. We can actually move them on and that could antagonize religious extremists but again the main one going. To thought there was another. How do you feel about your daughter converting to islam. Or the. Roku. Here with the guy that i was and i his i have to accept it. Shes my daughter he said peik ip shes still a good person and thats about masses of the libretto isnt what you wish to enjoy i mean here during ramadan i tried to relieve her of her trolls but she still always wanted to help me make it what. I want whats best for her and with them shes my daughter. Kind of obama is a young a just like you and. Sister and they all are 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 me. Oh it was. Her. Calash during museum and banderas it 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 our 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. You know it happens in an indirect way the money. On the one hand there are many of us. And our children are influenced in school was to subdued or their dad i start is that. The things they learn to push them further away from our culture was at home popping to step up out of hiding. 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. But if 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 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. The striking braided hair styles of being worn by collage women for centers. Colorful 100 b. Neck laces also have a long tradition they weigh up to several pewter grams and are worn by women of all ages the number of chains increases as a woman grows older. Early summer is movie time and bomber at the sweet foods 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 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. Been gathered that has been our. Residence here in the 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. 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. A. Good deal gets told. We run the hotel as a family. In the reduced amount that earns us some money to pay for our childrens education within the reach of legal the offending mother was there are many other opportunities here and theres jobs to all of them and for you theres no industry in the valley meaning no jobs the word marginal the tourists only come during 2 or 3 months of the year just to keep those you know one comes in the winter time tours of duty here but tourism at least gives us a small income which commodity. Persecutor and her mother also profit from not. Put up on the bridge and i get to see it 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 that its. Good but then you take. A. Little way up the river life still seems normal im going to stir my turds. Goes enough lives here with her family. The 14 year old student. Faces the same questions most young kalash do searching following 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 maybe only hear. Them. In their. Goals you know as father shire land is a teacher instruct the children in a spare time. When. You. Patiently teaches them reading writing under english. You do more than you do more they dont need blackboards or notebooks. Purples 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. If you see him kalash culture and language are on the curriculum of the state funded Primary School. But only a few classes are available the other children have to attend the public Islamic Schools cannot. Keep my boot up nothing much as your average was acknowledged it gives you yeah i should be among the. Lovely couple yes. Yeah. You have to roll your tongue here was on. Their. Feet her. Clothing was. The only car. That was. Close was. The last words. In contrast in 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. Doesnt if youre christian it is an education is so important. 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 wears shorts for instance the other children might find that practical and start wearing shorts to new zealand will be a part of changes will come. If we have education it improves our culture to. Make our children learn that they have a choice of. Education shows them the way it is the light. Goes in on their sister headed to the bunker at high school. Is in the 8th grade there she takes along her Islamic Jihad 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 that. I. Was. Goes in 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. Goes in are doesnt question the Islamic Educational system she hopes to 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 her mother gets her clothes ready and prepares lunch before goes in our makes her way to push alley. The challis is a communal menstrual house because ash 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. That. By. The kalash divide the world into categories unjust and im proud to tell ya im just a mean Something Like high or pure prophets could be translated as lower in pure 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 everyday life. It was thought of the vision into good and bad. From local people it will not give anything to be. Done. Here. But ample to default. On a way to push ali is not allowed to cross the upper part of the village. To a therapist surely is lung and heart. And. She makes a detour around the village keeping as far from other people as possible. With a wiser could great misfortune. There are few records of the origins of the valid. 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 in 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 surely is the place where everyone here was born so its no wonder that the kalash lovingly refer to it as the source of creation. Me. And my new. Girls you know as a new comer 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 early. Pregnant women come here to give birth and remain in the shyly for around 30 days after their babies are born. They often have their Young Children with the boys and girls. The time of the pasha is the time to recuperate and give 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 their forced time out quite a challenge. Its 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 adding. I like playing football and telling. Me that. I love the color of our clothing our festivals everything yes. It does maybe once i would like to go to college in chitral. Because when i lived there i wont have to go to the challis when i have my period. There are lots of girls go there to study but i know i wont like it because i love the College People so much. Was. Whether its a womans menstrual cycle the seasons of the year or sudden weather change for centuries kalash have 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. For child care by said they have a bite in. God we should think about what the bus sharlee me was to us women here what does this tradition mean bottle machine decide to go out of their money. There but you mustnt. Take. A few days of rest before you go back home. Yet not. Even the older women who no longer go to the shirley meet of regularly. Conversations range from reflections on culture to everyday topics what are the children doing whats cooking and who brought which both goods. You cant believe how. Many of them. Most of the older women consider the past challis an asset a valuable part of their 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 trial is the closest city to breath it can be reached in 2 and a half hours the capital of Chitral District offers its 45000. 00 residents plenty of activities. Since 27 day and it is also how the university persecuted a mother visiting her sister sophia. Many young kalash come here to study. It. To get to their. 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. Only to commit just a. Little less and less a living still looking. To get the little known looking let me say that now its risking less and just getting accustomed to the. Limits that say. You. Function on which will. You please give me a lift if you feel just a little bit if i can feel good will if it isnt just a new missile 1st lets see you looking at it closely look at the you theres a level that they can and they just let them have a look at him for his own application and. Stuff but there was a look at the gulf. To look at them from above. 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. A new world awaits persecution a world full of technology and new regulations but also full of knowledge. That they. Just cant think. Of. This is in the. Movie. What impact will the new world have on kalash culture. Thats so many women are wearing the child or. The child who is not a part of culture america might be any of the but the macabre 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. Jessica nationals that i doubt i have a very good about them and to. Look out. For out. There. That was one of the. Cars that just wanted you know. After the short visit in her home village so i had to go is returning to work at the university. Goes in i can leave the pasha leave after 5 days shes glad to be going back to were 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. Can. With a calash women continue to take this way through their untouched valley in the future. Or will Company Grounds and Hotels Spring up on the banks of the river. Will come or will interest intrude on the kalash on their fields. The same time the interest tourists are taking in this remote region is also an opportunity. To come here to experience a unique culture perhaps that will give it a chance of survival. Once shes back home its as if girls you know was never away now she has the rush to get to school on time just as the parents expect her to. Pergamos. Over here. Her narrow club where. You know 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. The artist sebastian gotta bring you forth feel so mall that they become a footballer for buying me my life inside the waves of the biggest story in my pictures i need to feel just more of. This because i Love Photography arts 21. And 30 minutes on d w. All. 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