In the coming weeks, Shaheen Buneri will explore Kalash culture, shedding some light on ''Pakistan's Last Pagan Tribe." Some call members of the Kalash tribe the descendants of Alexander the Great. A ...

For centuries members of an ancient pagan tribe celebrated their seasonal festivals with wine and dance in northwestern Pakistan's Hindu Kush valleys. But the Kalash people's age-old traditions are ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed a tradition of the minority Kalash community in Pakistan on the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of ...

North-western Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, is home to a secluded tribe: the Kalash people. The pagan tribe are Pakistan's last polytheistic community, who have avoided mass Islamisation ...

The Kalash, who claim to be descendants of Alexander the Great's invading soldiers, have lived in isolation in Pakistan for centuries. Now the tiny pagan tribe is getting long-due recognition as a ...

THIS book is the second to be published in a series of works on the ethnology of Africa edited by Mr. J. H. Driberg and Dr. I. Schapera. In his introduction to the book, Sir Harold Mac-Michael, Civil ...