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Tourists a threat to Kalash traditions

China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-11 07:54

BUMBURATE, Pakistan - 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 fears an influx of domestic tourists is threatening their unique traditions.

Every year the Kalash - a group of fewer than 4,000 people confined to a handful of villages in the north - greet the new season with animal sacrifices, baptisms, and weddings at a festival known as Joshi.

As celebrations kick off, tourists with phones jostle to get close to Kalash women, whose vibrant clothing and headdresses contrast starkly with the more modest attire worn by many in the Muslim-majority republic.

Tourists a threat to Kalash traditions

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