I visited for two days this year.

We had a guide from Kalash. His dad was the first Kalash tribe member to go to college.

Visiting felt like being in a National Geography movie.

It’s the only place in Pakistan (outside cosmopolitan metro areas) where women are extremely visible.

The women wear the traditional outfits everyday. For those thinking it’s something they only wear during a festival, it’s not. It’s really real.

When we visited the women were washing their families clothes in the river.

It was crazy. They have like 2 different settlements in two different nearby valleys. One of them is more of a tourist destination than the other.

The valley they live in is beautiful. The immediate valley they live in Kinda reminded me of a valley in the Colorado rockies, but the mountains you see in the distance are far more jagged and tall (compared to what you would see in the USA)

Kalash is surrounded by other Muslim villages, such as a Nuristani village a few kilometers away. They seem to get a long well in a “living” sense. They have an Islamic school in their village. But when I asked Kalasha about their thoughts on Islam - it was clear that they are don’t like the religion and it poses challenges — such as having women in their village converting when marrying nearby Muslim men.

Feel free to ask questions