kafirs of the hindukush

A documentary which i was developing 4 years ago, unfortunately my house was burgled and my equipment along with my tapes which were in the camera bag had gone !
I have just recently moved and had come across lots of old things as you do and i had some footage and photos along with a minidisc recording of an interview which i had done regarding this project for my notes so i had decided to piece together what i had left of this and make it in to a short video of what i had developed so the quality of the video is not spectacular.

I would like to thank Wlodek Witek from the National Library of Oslo for all his kind support my extensive research would not have been possible without him.

Zara

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[Kurtlane]

Yes. About 20 years ago, I read (in National Geographic, I think) about the region of Nuristan (now part of Afghanistan), where though people are Muslim, some leftovers of a previous non-Muslim culture remain.

The article never explained who those people were.

Now I know. Thanks.

[mbbugi]

Siah-Posh (black-Robed) Kafirs was the former designation of the major and dominant group of the Hindukush Kafirs inhabiting the Bashgul (Kam) valley of the Kafiristan, now called Nuristan. They were so-called because of the color of the robes they wore. They were distinguished from the Sped-Posh (white-robed) Kafirs (sometimes also called Lal-Posh or Red robed) by reason of the color of their dress as also because of their language, customs and other characteristics. SOURCE_Copied,

[bugiandassociates]

in 1980 i went to kalash for the first time ,there i met Most of the families dipicted in this film,and later on in the second Trip of 1989.I was invited by the family of Azar to have dinner as well as spend some time with them ,Son of Azar was also Visited by Yusuf Nooristani director of Kabul Museum,Lots of sculptures are destroyed of Nooristan, Recently an Italian wood restorer has done works on Old Wooden Effigies of Nooristan,So the great Contact this film is trying to do Still Is Alive.

[bugiandassociates]

@mbbugi One day in 1897, near the village Brumotul not far from Chitral, then

but the Muslims surrounding them had for centuries used “Kafir” to

describe the boys’ ancestors, and “Kafiristan” for their original

land. The British had retained that nomenclature for the portion of

that land they now controlled, while the Afghan Amir, Abdur Rahman,

whose invasion had made the boys refugees, had named his portion

“Nuristan” (“The Land of Light”).

[bugiandassociates]

One day in 1897, near the village Brumotul not far from Chitral, then

a semi-independent Muslim state high in the Himalayas, a bunch of boys

went walking. They were not Chitralis, but refugees from another place

that lay west of the newly demarcated Durand Line. They were not

Muslims, either. The boys would have described themselves as Katis,

but the Muslims surrounding them had for centuries used “Kafir” to

describe the boys’ ancestors, and “Kafiriistan.Continued,

[pumagill]

mbbugi, why did you remove your comments?



[Pokhton]

kalash people very nice doku thx for sharing