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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited - The Vanishing Kalasha

PAKISTAN | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [950] | View Larger Image

To erect homes along the slanted valley walls, Kalash houses are laid out such that the rooftop of a house is used as foundation for another house built above. Having settled for generations on fertile river banks dotted by apricot and mulberry trees deep in the Hindukush, the Kalasha people live in tune with nature and take its provisions as blessings for their survival.

The funeral of a respected person in the village was held over three days, with the beating of drums and women dancing and singing in circles. The life of a deceased is celebrated by a life story retold by the elders of the village. Life and death are treated by the Kalash as part and partial of the undying cycle of nature.

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Unlike their Muslim compatriots, the pagan Kalasha women are adorned in rainbow colours and sexually liberated. However, known to the outside as

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Respect。Connect。Reflect。 "One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." - Henry Miller

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited - The Vanishing Kalasha

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