Of Moghol Baz, the monster hunter. Chitral is a land where history lives on. People talk of calamities and misfortune from centuries ago as if it were a great personal loss. This is also why it is one of the few places left where the old tales are still told. At the end of March […]
Fateh-Ul-Mulk The history of Chitral prior to the 1700s is not very well documented. As such any historical writings from before that period are subject to intense scrutiny but the oral traditions of the Kalash as well as the written history of Chitral from the 1700s point to an interesting fact. Both of the Non-Islamic
Muhammad Huzaifa The story of a Macedonian conqueror’s wayward expedition to conquer the known world was given a sort of rebirth when the British conquered the Indus region. The British, who in the Macedonian’s success sought a mirror of their own invasions of the Indian Subcontinent, wrote a great deal analyzing and explaining the “Indian
CHITRAL: Chilim Jusht spring festival of Kalash people concluded in Bumburate valley on Saturday with the ritual dance by young men and women for five days but without tourists from outside due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year round the Chilim Jusht festival was sombre due to coronavirus pandemic as non-locals and tourists were not
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CHITRAL: Chilim Jusht spring festival is in progress in all the three valleys of Bumburate, Birir and Rumbur amid merrymaking, including open door ritual of dancing of men and women at the dancing place called Jastakhan. Said Gul of Bumburate said the major event of the day was Chhirpeyak ritual which was being performed in
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