Estivity of Funerals as a Space for Kalash Identity

Abstract

This research paper entitled “Festivity of Funerals as a Space for Kalash Identity” concentrates on the traditional culture, social customs, beliefs, spiritualist encounters, and mythology of the Kalash individuals. The locals' idea of death, memorial service and entombment, crucial standard of immaculateness and polluting influence, and the utilization of religion as a wellspring of socio-political quality has additionally taken into the record. Kalash character is displayed as their consecrated ceremonies and celebrations which are even performed at the demise. Kalash people rejoice and celebrate the death as it is the union of the soul and the creator. Rituals are performed differently for men and women as they are pure and impure stock respectively. The economic disparity at funeral ritual for men, women and children has also been studied. Among the Kalash religion is the principle divine power of their social character. Religious character is developed both culturally and socially, and transmitted starting with one era then onto the next. The progressions acquired the religion are the result of declaring energy to make it a greater amount of social and gathering character as opposed to an unadulterated matter of the decision in light of individual's internal identity or fundamental truth of birth. The study was led in Bumburet valley of area Chitral, Pakistan. The subjective anthropological examination strategy was embraced for obtaining the ethnographic information for the exploration close by.