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The word Kalasha may refer to:

The Kalasha of Chitral or simply Kalasha, are an ethnic group that lives in the Hindu Kush region of Pakistan. ... Kalasha-mun or simply Kalasha is an Indo-European language in the Indo-Iranian branch, further classified as a Dardic language in the Chitral Group. ... Nurestan Province (also spelled Nuristan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Kalasha-ala or simply Kalasha is a language spoken by the Kalasha of Nuristan in a few villages in the central part of the Kunar Province of Afghanistan. ...

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Ethnologue 14 report for language code:KLS (168 words)
Southern Kalasha is in Urtsun Valley; Northern Kalasha in Rumbur, Bumboret, and Birir valleys.
Kalasha is used in the home and for in-group communication in the north.
In the south Khowar or Kati are sometimes used in the home and within the group.
Kalasha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (960 words)
The Kalasha, also known as the Kalash, are an ethnic group that lives in the Hindu Kush region of Pakistan.
The Kalasha believe in various deities Mahadeo (Khodai, the Khowar word for God is also used), and worship other deities that offer protection to different aspects of life (such as Jeshtak, who represents family, pregnant mothers, and marriage).
Recently, the Kalasha have been able to stop their demographic and cultural spiral towards extinction and have, for the past 30 years, been on the rebound.
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