The Kalash or Kalasha, are an ethnic group found in the Hindu Kush mountain range in the Chitral district of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Although quite numerous before the twentieth century, this non-Muslim group has been partially assimilated by the larger Muslim majority of Pakistan and seen its numbers dwindle over the past century. Today, sheikhs, or converts to Islam, make up more than half of the total Kalasha-speaking population.
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Ref:
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/chitral.htm
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/chitral2.html
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/chitralold.htm
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