Kalasha Peoples Call for Cultural Survival

Representation of minority memebers in Parliment

(ISLAMABAD): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday said lack of interfaith and inter-cultural understanding is a major challenge for today and called upon people belonging to different faiths to work harder for the promotion of interfaith harmony to make the world a better place to live. The prime minister said it is for the first time in the country’s history that minorities have been given dual right to vote which allows them to vote for general seats as well as for the seats reserved for them. He said the establishment of the Minorities Affairs Division and appointment of a minority MNA as a minister of state, increased representation of 10 minority members in parliament are some of the steps taken by the government to increase the participation of minorities in the decision making process).

Considering the total population of Kalasha people which numbers not more than 3500. There are no more than 1500 registered voters, No Kalasha representative has ever made it the provincial assembly as compare to the population and number of voters in other minorities so its practically impossible to have Kalasha representation in the Parliament. Geographically Kalasha valleys are located in the North of Pakistan in the west of Chitral. There is no other native minority group that lives along side Kalasha as most of the minorities reside in cities, the closest city to Chitral is Peshawar which is about 350 kilometers. The distance is not only the hurdle for cultural understanding but also city life and incentives differ from each that in the valleys. The Kalasha community distinctive life style and traditions are closely linked with agriculture and animal keeping. A non-native minority representative for Kalasha is very much unlikely to understand the native means of living and needs of the community and landscape as they unquestionably differ from that in the city. Over the years the projects handled through the non-native minority representatives have proven inconsistent, unproductive and constructions that look incredibly ugly in the landscape. May be the government should consider different policy for the Kalasha people on indigenous status.

Wazir a hatya !!!

Khosh Baya Wazir,
Tu albat may pi kapha assas magam may moa kari a tay pashik ne abais.May hardi una bo mondr bo khial ashiny tay som dekas bati magam khe~ karik bo tichak wat ashish… albat Shama mondr a tay mi email una asta dek baam magam a shama zaruri achitis ki homa mi site una kay maam koki ia homa tan mocuna tan galat phakimi deshi karikas albat sahi zaria.Jiay baya, a kalasadesh a e may hatya mahalum hawaw ki tay Imtihan himan shial’a,a rukmu asta pay ais…Peshawar itta tay som milau hikas bo kushush aris,Ahmad Ali a pi aphuchis e se may kay amau ki tu nowshera pay ai gho~i.May hatya she~he asta mahalum ne hawaw ki eg adua tu peshawar asta hul’a magam may kay kura ne aman ki tutara maujut ass…tay pashikas, niksik ,mondr dekas may arman ashish….arman thaw haw….khodayas bati tu she~he~ mo chiti ki a tay bara una ne aphuchis tay khabaruna ne a…..naga tay kura she~he~ mai tay hardi chutyak karin,homa batkhilaw karin…she~he~ mondr ne shiaw baya…..a sawin rau mondr dek baam…shaleo shama paigam homa mi site una niweshis.
Tay Baya

Mumuretay Khabarawal

Ishpata !
Omet karim day abi sau khair as thara a….Mumuret sau khair zhe tazagi shiaw.
Ratnat Garum shiaw…..Uchau as hatya tichako thaw hawaw…
Kalashaon hatya funds as mondr bo prust hul’a.Homa soc zhe mashwara as thara krom kareli…
wazir tu kayo anday is day?

CHik

Mumuret (sarik jau) RaKhan baya a Jaas dum hul’a.se bo juan istriza ais zhe se bo lahaz asta.

Bangali d’um Hul’a

Bangali d’um hul’a.
Mumuret ay Bangali gaderak d’um hul’a.se s’umber kalas’a asta.Homa prus’t thi yad shiau ki se Chekay ma’in himan ais.Abi tasa d’um hikas bati apsus karik day zhe tasa krom as bati bo shukuria karik day…
Bangli one of the Kalasha convert Elders died last week.He was frist Kalasha who had travelled as far to East Pakistan(now Bangladesh)and had married a Bangali women and brought her to the Kalasha Valleys.He was vibrant and dynamic person who enthusiastically continued to participate in the Kalasha funerals offered his services as ” Ma’in” (Distributor of the feast).

Kalasha consonant Clusters

May hatya pata hawau ki Mr,Br,Kr bes’ awaz ne zhe te alphabet mocuna ne mishay shian.Kitap as akher una warek warak un chutyak sudayakan askani as bati Talim khana darkhast una thay shian.Asi Kay angrezi mondr una “Constant Cluster” maan.
Kalasha mocan site,tasi bara una Ujak mondr dikas bati.tasi taraki as bati zhe maskul gi as bati….koki tan mocuna khal paida karikas bati shiau.Homa tan mocuna mashbara zhe phaisila kay krom kareli.

It has been brought to my attention that the Kalasha Alphabet(Alibe),letters like mr, br, kr etc are not sperate sounds and not been added to the alphabet but added as seprate chart of constant clusters at the end of the book.This was done at the request of Talim Khan who found in his teaching that his new readers were confused by these clusters and he wanted to have them listed so he could teach them to new readers. They were listed in the back along with consonant clusters like ph, th, and kh.
Kalas’a people.org serves a right cultral forum for all kalasha and presents news and commentary on all events that occur within the kalasha community with strong sense of sincerity and love for the culture itself.Posting and articles are truely ment to engage and encourage people particularly kalasha in discussions and thought process towards written kalasha language to develop unity,harmony and understanding among them by creating literature.

Hansarik

Taigun Bi Bia Unan Putr Ubujaw

Homa biril’ay Baba Taigun kura ki Unan ja thi au,du bas s’umber putr ali au.Homa genau birilon kay bo mumraki!. Tasa eg chu zhe putr asan,Ia tasa troyo azeli.

Zar Homa Khosh Malgiri homa pi desh paraw

Ishpata la baya … … yarr taj yesterday our good friend Zar muhammad he was from bru’~a grom , went to the mounatain to release his goat out trapped on the top of the mounatin on extreamly dangerous spot,when he climbed up & tried to rescue the goat from dangerous location ,he was not able to gain control,& fell down from the mounatin and passed away immediatly… it was very sad news yarrr …..

BO Bas’ra Moc D’um Hul’a

Kalasha man named Shikari from Batrik – Mumret valley predicted to be more then 120 years of age died on 17 of march,2006. there was two day kalasha celebration for him where people from three valleys gathered and farewelled him in traditional kalasha way of singing and dancing. He is another kalasha in the last 15 years who desired not to be burried but kept in tradition kalasha wooden coffin and among the other ancient coffins of his ancesterors.