There is a community in the city of Chitral called the Kalash Community. The people of Chitral/Kalasha are a unique group of people.

Prior, individuals followed a straightforward life, generally subject to horticulture and cows raising. Buckwheat and different harvests were filled in the waterway valleys. Encompassing plantations gave products of different sorts. Milk from the steers was utilized to make ghee, margarine and cheddar. Wine was produced using grapes. Food was prepared over wood-terminated stoves. They followed a nature-situated confidence, which later a few analysts compared with animistic type of love while others discovered similitudes with antiquated Hindu ideas.

The Kalash follow different social traditions and ceremonies. One of them that has been quite examined is the custom of sending discharging just as pregnant ladies to the 'bashaleni', a dormitory style working a long way from the primary town. Current mediators of culture regularly allude to it as a type of mistreatment. Be that as it may, as per Kalash individuals, the ladies handle the main part of regular work; the break in the bashaleni is to give the ladies rest from the day by day errands.

Kalash individuals moving at the Shandur, world's most elevated polo-ground

The practices proceed even today yet have been tremendously impacted by the invasions of present day way of life as motorable streets (unpleasant and dusty) have made the far off towns available. Shops have opened in the valleys which give meat and other food things, buyer items, and so on Jolt has made TVs, cell phones and PCs open. While men of the Kalash people group have since a long time ago embraced Pakistan's mainstream dress (shalwar kameez), the ladies actually wear the conventional clothing—a beautiful headgear over their complicatedly interlaced hair, a voluminous full-length dark robe secured at the abdomen, and heaps of beaded neckbands. Clearly, the weaving seen on the ladies' dress is of later vintage.

Despite the fact that the Kalash public and their way of life had been changing gradually over the long run, the older attendants are concerned that the approach of present day way of life and the more youthful age's closeness to Islamic way of life and lessons (when they go to schools and the lone college in Chitral) are probably going to introduce numerous irreversible changes. In spite of the fact that transformation to Islam was not incredible, the rate has gone up as of late, as indicated by town older folks. The region has likewise seen discussions over accessibility of unfamiliar guide. Be that as it may, there are uncommon Kalash occupants, like Sayed Gul, who are attempting to safeguard the clan's way of life and customs.

Ladies of the Kalash clan in their public ensemble at the Joshi fest

The travel industry has additionally made advances into the Kalash towns. Except if blocked by political circumstances, vacationers show up in spring and summer (winter can be brutal) to see the rough stunning excellence of the locale and the interesting way of life of the Kalash public. The townspeople also view the travel industry as a method of acquiring and have set up homestays and inns, and shops selling nearby handiworks. Probably the best event to visit the Kalash towns is during the celebrations. Famous celebrations incorporate Joshi (likewise Zoshi) in May, Uchao in August and Choimus in December. Generally identified with different collecting periods, the celebrations see a great deal of music, moving and devouring. The social exhibition of the Kalash public as of late got a lot of exposure when Britain's Duke (Prince William) and Duchess (Kate) of Cambridge visited the Bombaret town (October 2019). Wearing customary headgear, they watched the exhibitions sitting close by the nearby individuals. Unexpectedly, William's mom, Princess Diana had likewise visited the valley in 1991.