To northwestern pakistan claims to be Afghan Border the people are struggling to preserve their centuries old culture. Once they inhabited large portions of the hindu kush deep into todays afghanistan. Surveys are only around 4000 commercial left to live with 3 picturesque values in the pakistani province of harbor apart from kwara. Freezing in uncertain future. And predominantly muslim pakistan the survival of their traditions hugs in the bombs. Thank you. Until recently the valleys where the kalash live were so inaccessible that they were effectively cut off from the outside world. Now where bobby dirt road brings vehicles here. For centuries the remote location of the bomb rat run burrow 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 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 is changed greatly in recent years the kalash are no longer isolated. And now they face the question of how to preserve their culture in a 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 burette 17 year old persecuted is about to graduate and shes 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. It. Was it is a med that it i left it on. The path to Higher Education a 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 the muslim majority. Then yeah. Oh god what if they give you. What. Persecuted 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. Prosecutors mother doesnt need electricity to cook. But her brother does to watch television. You. Know that well. I have. One eye. On. Him. For a long time the kalash here were selfsufficient even today most of their food comes the fertile valley. Alongside grain the farmers here grow many kinds of fruits and vegetables. In the evening the whole family gathers for dinner. Prosecute loner siblings have spent the day in school the parents worked in the field and took care of the family business. The flat bread and bins and invariable part of daily life just like the pakistani guard worn by the men the shell of our communities and the round women 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. 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. 3rd most important goal is to live in harmony with their environment. One woman who has managed to hold on to her calash culture and complete studies at university as sayyid goal. The archaeologist navigates between 2 worlds that of the calash and was 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 a bone graft of also the author mark on science goals on found. Her younger sister maya recently converted to islam you know. So far she is the only muslim among the 7 children. So i had good things her sister decided to convert out because she was in love with a muslim. A marriage would only be possible after conversion. But if it doesnt have enough then i think im the one that. Did 20 year old maya one talk with her family about her reasons. And. Its a tough situation for all of them are to visit with you and give a little. 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. Just right. But when im dressed as a muslim and. On which i miss colors things just like the queen my family. I could go on wearing it but i dont know any western in love. Looking at the problem isnt the religion but the people if you convert to islam and keep on wearing colored clothing that people might think that youre not committed to islam or have even abandoned it. We can actually move them on and that could antagonize religious extremists but beginning at the vatican i should anybody. You thought there. Was some other films how do you feel about your daughter converting to islam. That. Broke with. You the guys that i was on i hear i have to accept it shes my daughter she said peik ip shes still a good person and thats what my ass is. You know if im with you who enjoy me here during ramadan i try to relieve her of her trolls but shes still always wanted to help me get what. I want whats best for her and with them shes my daughter. Kind of bomber which is a young age just like you know. How good a sister and i am im 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. Her. Calash a Durham Museum in 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 science 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. Yeah 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 stay stuck. The things they learn to push them further away from our culture wars at home perhaps a to step 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. But if they marry a muslim and convert to islam to do so they are bound to the new faith. Conversion to islam is a step that cant be reversed. In this way a personal choice can affect the entire society. And the few kalash remain bear the responsibility to preserve the culture. The weather in the valley is ideal for hair washing the river. Using what nature has given them. A striking braided hair styles of being worn by collage women for centers. Of colorful hyundais the neck laces also have a long tradition they weigh up to several kilograms and are worn by women of all ages the number of chains increases as a woman grows older. Early summer has moved retirement bhangra at the sweet foods ripe and almost off once. Everyone pitches in to harvest them and dry and store them for the long winter to come. Or at least the ones the cows leave behind. My my. Name. For the kalash it is normal to few animals not as property but as partners. With. Persecutors mother uses the fresh milk to make cheese burger and. Ive been gather that for now our. Residents here are 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. Get you get told. We run the hotel as a family. In the reduced amount of that earns us some money to pay for our childrens education to the middle which is legal in the indian mother while there are many other opportunities here theres jobs. A little more for you theres no industry in the valley meaning no jobs in the world market the tourists only come during 2 or 3 months of the year in their goods to keep those easier for little or no one comes in the winter time stores are here but tourism at least gives us a small income which commodity. Persecutor and her mother also profit from not. Put up much of the burden a good game and i did like the tourists they come here in the Summer Holidays for out festivals we dont have walls of things around our houses so they just walk right in and take pictures. I dont like. It but then take. A. Little way up the river life still seems normal and understood by turfs. It. 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 feels. 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 its father shire land its a teacher instruct the children in a spare time. In the. Making. Patiently he teaches them reading writing and encourage. You do more than you do more they dont need like boards or notebooks. Pebbles will also do the trick. Kalash a language spoken here belongs to the dark languages its writing uses latin characters. It was spoken exclusively in the 3 kalash valleys of the Chitral District. Think years him kalash culture and language are on 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 which if i. Did not build up nothing much as your average was acknowledged it gives you yeah i should know. That lovely couple young. Eat there. You have to roll your tongue here was on. Their. Feet her. Heart. Was the. Car. Was. Was. This you can at least the last words. 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. If youre curious and it is an education is so important because. 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 to new zealand world family. Photo 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 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 that. I. 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. County police. Meet. It. Goes in are doesnt question the Islamic Educational system she hopes to benefit from it as much as possible. Her proud supporter and 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 i started menstruating that means she cant go back to the village and her parents home for several days her mother gets her clothes ready a person lunch before goes in our mates who waited up a shyly. Additionally 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. By. The kalash divide the world into the categories on jester im proud to touch on just to mean Something Like high or pure profit 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 not of profit 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 into good and bad. Now. From vocal people you will not get anything. Done. Here. But they will figure out. How. To do it. For. Me. When i waited a bit shyly goes you know is not allowed to cross the upper part of the village. The way to the professionally is lung and heart. And. She makes a detour around the village keeping as far from other people as possible. With a wiser could bring his fortune. There are few records on the origins of the. Of kalash culture. Clash people have no history books or written traditions all the cultural knowledge is passed there already 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 shirley 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. Girls you know as a new comer and that the shyly 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 cause shall 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 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 goldstein now finds the enforced 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 for adding. I like playing football that i like. Maybe it will mean i love the color of our clothing our festivals everything its the sun. It has made the rides i would like to go to college in chitral. 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. Love coming. 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 house a mother dr go her friends over for afternoon tea. Boys by sally had been brought in. We should think about what the bus challis means to us women here what does this tradition mean that people bought all my same decides got a bit more. There thats true i think. That done. Few days of rest before you go back home. Even the older women who no longer go to shirley we talk regularly. The conversations range from reflections on culture to everyday topics what are the children doing whats cooking and who brought which both goods. And. I mean again. Most of the older women consider the pasha an asset a valuable part of their culture. A place that dignifies women. Need help. But the push early can also be seen as a form of repression. The obligatory stay there also denies menstruating women a role in the normal life of the community. Should trouble is the closest city to brett can be reached in 2 and a half hours the couple of Chitral District offers its 45000. 00 residents plenty of activities. Says 2017 it is also how the university persecuted a mother visiting her sister sophia. Many young kalash come here to study. Make. History editors. Living. All day and i can make it. The new university you seen as a driver of Economic Growth in the region and the wave lifting people out of poverty. Only to complete this is. Listening to us and listen again to looking at plans. To get the little known he would do it in the next place now its risky last im just getting at the finish. Line a message that they say. You. Function will. Only give me at least a decision if i didnt feel good relief it wouldnt be the best news to me since the 1st lets take a look at it it doesnt look like over the year theyre facing a level that they can now they just let them have a little bit until you. Have all the children. Left but. You havent built. A lot of them from above. With apartments including Political Science i teach in economics the university is open to both men and women. But in the small cafeteria there is strict gender segregation. A new world awaits persecution a world full of technology and new regulations but also full of knowledge. That they just cant back. Up. This is the bit. What impact will the new world have on kalash culture. Woodside bit as so many women are wearing the child or. The child who is not a part of College Culture have a comment to me about what the but the macabre getting it they are but what will remain of our culture when women veil themselves. Is that the men have long been dressing like the muslims do so its the women who keep our culture alive. I have a very good about them and to. Work out. How. Were. Going to miss out if you remember. Was that just wondering if you know. After the short visit in her home village is returning to her 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. With the kalash women continue to take this way through their untouched valley in the future. Overcoming grounds of hotel spring up on the banks of the river. Newcomer wielding tourists intrude on the kalash on their fields. The same time the interest tourists are taking in this remote region is also an opportunity. They come here to experience a unique culture perhaps that will give it a chance of survival. When shes back home as it goes you know i was never away now she has the rush to get to school on time just as the parents expect her to. Kirk knows her. Well know. Well like. Many young kalash love the freedom their small world offers them theyre 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. Its been closed for a year but we can take you inside to get. A digital stroll around the Notre Dame Cathedral in paris. Using v r goggles you can take a tour through the now we constructed house of god. Through to neutral dom never seen it before your own. 30 minutes on d w. 1st girl. Im sure going to vote. In support. Whatsoever. To bring about. This state of emergency normal. People around the world arent documenting these tragic times. 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