The Kalash or the Kalasha are the only pagan minority residing in the Chitral district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhua. They form the smallest minority community in Pakistan. The Kalashas live in three valleys of Chitral namely, Rumbur, Brumbret and Birir. 

In the 3rd century BC, on his mission and journeys through the Hindu Kush range, Alexander the Great and his troops left their footprints and descendants to what is today called the Kalash Valley, home to an ethnic community in Pakistan who are blue-eyed and have fair skin.

Enriched with culture and their own traditional values, the total population of Kalash Valley is somewhere between 4000 and 5000. Surrounded by the mighty Hindukush Mountain range, Kalash valley is traditionally apart from the country’s predominant religion Islam due to its remote location. Tourists visit the scenic destination not just because of its vibrant culture but also because of the beautiful mountains that surround this place and the picturesque views one gets to see in the valley.