Kalasha Peoples Call for Cultural Survival

Not because we are indigenous peoples, but because we are human beings with indigenous culture,language and our unique ways of being human, should our defense and protection be a matter of highest priority concern for all people the world over who care about human rights

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The Kalasha are the last surviving non-Muslim tribal community in Northern Pakistan, living at an elevation of 2000 meters among the wilderness of Hindu Kush mountain range ( in the south-west of the Chitral (Chetrar) District of the North-West Frontier Province). The non-muslim ethnic Kalasha are no more than 4000 people in the three Kalasha Valleys : Mumuret (Bumborate), Rukmu (Rumbur) and Biriw (Birir).

Centuries of relative seclusion have enabled Kalasha to preserve thier ancient belief system, language and culture despite an overpowering all-Islamic environment.

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