Pakistan's smallest religious minority, the Kalash speak their own language and celebrate their gods through music, dance -- and alcohol, which they brew themselves in Chitral's plunging verdant ...

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 ...

Conservative Muslims accuse the minority community of causing last month’s earthquake. Conservative Muslims in Pakistan’s northwest are blaming the animist Kalash for a powerful earthquake that ...

In a remote valley in Pakistan dozens of Kalash minority women dance to celebrate spring's arrival -- but as a gaggle of men scramble to catch them on camera, the community warns an influx of domestic ...

The community of 3,000 is polytheistic, speaks an Indo-European language, and traces its origins to Alexander the Great’s army. With fair skin and light eyes, its members face an uphill battle to pass ...

While Pakistan is predominantly a Muslim nation, it is home to an ancient pagan people known as the Kalash who claim descent from Alexander the Great. Known for the love of wine, unveiled women, ...

The Kalash community people in Pakistan are facing an identity crisis as the Pakistan government issued computerized national identity cards that didnt show their religion, Dawn News reported on ...

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 ...

Chawmos, a festival of Pakistan’s tiny Kalash community, is a portrait in contrasts: solemn ritual and joyous dancing, gender segregation and public flirtation, togetherness and isolation. Photographs ...