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Himalaya

Day 8: The Kalash Valleys

Overlooking the town of Ayun in the Chitral Valley.

Today they are better known as the Kalash ('black') after the colour of their clothes, despite the incidence of light skin, fair hair and blue eyes, which some say marks them out as descendants of Alexander the Great's soldiers.

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• Series: Himalaya
• Chapter: Day 8: The Kalash Valleys
• Country/sea: Pakistan
• Place: Rumbur
• Book page no: 26

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