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In Pakistan’s Bumburet Valley, Indigenous Kalasha youth balance spiritual tradition & social media
In a village in Pakistan's Bumburet Valley, 20-year-old Alina shows what it means to be young and Kalasha. Her people's ancient polytheistic culture is under pressure from climate change, conversion and the pull of the cities.
A rare window into one of the world's most endangered cultures, through the eyes of a young woman.
As Pakistan’s smallest ethnic minority, centered around the Hindu Kush mountains, the indigenous Kalash people are facing an escalating risk of erasure as climate change, political instability, and state pressure on conv
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