last page7.#Chitral #Thekalashvalleys
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and
valleys is not so open.
Moreover, at this level (it
has the lowest altitude of
all three valleys,

page6 #Chitral #TheKalashValleys
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Birir Valley:
At first glance, Birir seems
terribly narrow and
uninteresting in
comparison to the other
valleys, although it is
actually wider than
Rumbur. There are fewer
shady meadows here than
in Bumburet, and the
valley

pg5 #Thekalashvalleys Rumbur Valley:
#Rumbur, which lies to the
north of Bumburet, has
fewer Moslem homesteads
and sees fewer tourists. It
is considerably narrower
than Bumburet, and
without that valley’s
numerous shady
meadows, Rumbur is
rugged and majestic

#TheKalashValleys conversion to #Islam in the Afghanistan-Pakistan area.
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Bumburet Valley:
Bumburet is the largest
Valley. With its sparkling
streams, shady meadows,
groves of mulberry,
apricot and walnut trees,
wide mountain vistas and
yellow and green fields

page3.
#TheKalashvalleys of
Bumburet, Rumbur and
Birir lie approximately
twenty-two miles south of
#Chitral. Population is in the
region of 10,000
inhabitants, of whom
around 3000 are Kalash.
These valleys are the last
enclaves to withstand
conversion to Isla

#TheKalashValleys #Chitral page2:
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to accommodate all those
tourist "invaders" has
brought an unprecedented
pollution that the Kalash
did not have to face
during the 2000 years of
isolation.

#Chitral #TheKalashValleys page1:
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The #Kalash people are
virtually the only tourist
attraction in #Pakistan.
However, the Kalash do
not depend on tourism for
survival; it is quite the
opposite. The building of
infrastructure to
accommodate all those
tourist

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