Socio-Cultural Life of the Kalasha People of Chitral: A Study of their Festivals

Socio-Cultural Life of the Kalasha People of Chitral: A Study of their Festivals

By

Muhammad Kashif Ali and Muhammad Iqbal Chawla

Abstract:

The paper seeks to examine the cultural life of the Kalasha people and their festivals. It particularly focuses on Joshi, Rat Nat & Uchaw, Pul and Winter Solstice: the Chawmos festivals points out their role in the lives of the Kalasha tribe. Primarily, the study is based on documentary evidences recorded in secondary sources and combined with the data collected by the current researcher during various field visits and ethnographic surveys to the Kalashdesh (Kalasha valleys of Bumburet, Rumbur and Birir). The study probes the meanings of festivities and their cultural significance among the Kalasha tribe.

Journal of Pakistan Vision

Published by: Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

ISSN- 1681-5742

Vol. 20, No. 2, 2019

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Socio-Cultural Life of the Kalasha People of Chitral: A Study of their Festivals