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  One of the most important attractions of Chitral is the Kalash valleys and their rich and unique culture (ethnic minority in Pakistan) Kalash means “Black”  situated southwest of Chitral town between the Kunar River and the Afghan border surrounded by the Hindu Kash mountains. The Kalash people consist of 20 villages and they still follow their own religion, the mixture of animism and fire worship and have maintained their original culture. They are worshiping several gods, each god protects a different aspect of daily life, for example, Goshedi protects milk products, Suisan protects cattle, Praba protects fruits and Sajigor, the highest god is in charge of everything… They have a really unique culture civilization and religious values fully equipped with unchangeable traditions.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The origin of Kalasha still unclear and under the observation of the hypothesis, many historians and researchers made a thesis regarding their origin until now two major hypotheses have been made about the origin of Kalash people; one is their origin from Greek, second is from Aryan. The majority of people agree with the second assumption as Pakistani genetic scientists made DNA tests to examine the Greek origin of Kalash. It was cleared through the conduct of DNA tests that people of Kalash do not belong to Greek so we can believe that Kalash people belong to Aryan originality.

VISITING SITES TO EXPLORE

Swat valley

Archeological sites of ancient Buddhist civilization in swat

Chitral City and ancient civilization, Chitral Fort, Jami mosque, Tirch Mir view

Rumbur valley visit surrounding areas, interaction with a locality , comprehensive observation of cultural traditions of Kalash valley

Bumburet valley ( Kalash) visit a local museum and Kalash Graveyard

Mustaj village

ITINERARY:

DAY 1

Departure point Lahore via motorway to Swat valley 417 km 10 to 11-hour drive.

First night stay in Swat…

DAY 2

Explore Swat town, a scenic hill station of KPK at the elevation of 990 m above the sea level. It was formerly a prince state, it also was the center of Buddhist civilization and had had the center of several civilizations and dynasties from 327 BC when Alexander the Great invaded these towns and then the Indo Greek kingdom ruled over the area for centuries. After the declination of Greek civilization Buddhists invaded somewhere in the 2nd century spread over the region apparently, it becomes the center of Buddhism. The Buddhist had been ruled for centuries till the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni from Afghanistan, he attacked at Swat and killed the Buddhist king Raja Gira. After that episode, Islam begun to spread over the region, some tribes migrated from Afghanistan Swati Pathan, Yusufzai Pathan …

Visit archeological sites of Buddhist civilization. Leaving Swat to Chitral on the same day at 12 pm.

DAY 3

Swat to Chitral Ayun village 12 km away from the Chitral town a beautiful valley passes through the Lower Tunnel 10. 4 km that connects Dir and Chitral.  Sightseeing is breathtaking, mighty mountains and magical valleys…  Night stay at Ayun valley.

DAY 4

Ayun to Rumber valley 2-hour drive from Ayun village explore the valley and their unique and prominent culture, interaction with the locals to know traditions, culture, and values. The same day drives to reach Bumburet valley. Night stay at there.

DAY 5

Explore Bumburet, the largest and most commercialized largely populated valley of kalashaN among the Kalash valleys … you can see architectures of houses from outsides without entering into them and can see the most unparalleled culture, their dresses resemble each other... Back to Chitral town at night and stay...

DAY 6

Explore Chitral town, ancient civilization, Chitral Fort, Jami mosque, Tirch Mir view. The same day travels towards Mastaj village that shares a border with Gilgit Baltistan and Afghanistan on the other side. Explore the valley and Stay night At Mastaj village …

DAY 7

Mastaj village to Shandor Polo ground the world's highest ground at the elevation of 3800m   in the earth we have unique free polo matches… The festival is normally held on 7 to 9 July every year .. Raja Sher Ali Anchan was the founder of this ground. It was constructed in 1936 since that a wonderful tournament is being held here every year. People come from the rest of the world to participate in this wonderful show...

Various teams of Gilgit –Baltistan, and Chitral participated in this tournament and play free polo without referee …

DAY 7, 8, 9.

Stay at Shundur polo ground and enjoy Polo tournament, it’s a huge tournament, people are gathered from the rest of the world to watch this unique freestyle Polo...

DAY 10

Back to Chitral town

DAY 11

Back to Swat

DAY 12

Back to Islamabad