Customs and traditions differ with different peoples, and with the spread of peoples around the world, there are many customs and traditions, as well as the form of life.
Of course, each people carries certain characteristics that differ from the rest of the peoples of the world, and customs and traditions in ancient times were the most important characteristic of peoples, and they are always an important part of their culture and history, and despite the scientific and civilized progress that has become the hallmark of the era, there are still some peoples retaining their customs and traditions Which you consider the legacy of your ancestors, which can never be changed, and perhaps the most prominent of these people is the “Kalasha” people, who still maintain their ancient and strange way of life for thousands of years, and in this article we will learn regarding the strange and strange life of the “Kalasha” people.
The Kalasha people or the Kalasha tribes as they are called, are primitive tribes living in northern Pakistan in very high valleys extending between the countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and completely isolated from the outside world and do not know any form of progress or civilization, and their primitive form appears in everything, from Where the equipment, the tools they use, or their strange life form, which still runs on the old systems.
The Kalasha women are distinguished by their dazzling beauty, white skin and colored eyes, to the extent that they believe, through their legends, that the woman is half a mermaid and the other half human. Some even classify them as the most beautiful women on earth.
With regard to life within society, there they do not have a separation between the sexes, and the most important thing in their lives is that the woman chooses her husband and she has the right to change him easily if she is not convinced of him. These strange customs and traditions and the extreme simplicity in the lifestyle have attracted the attention of many anthropologists because of the difference in customs, traditions and facial features from the neighboring regions, so it was common that they descended from European descent back to the soldiers of Alexander the Great, but genetic tests proved that there is no relationship between them And among the dynasty of Alexander the Great.
One of the most prominent strange marriage customs within the Kalasha society is that “a girl gets married when she is young, and she is also the one who determines the value of the dowry and everything related to marriage, and she is also the one who chooses and determines the man she will marry, and therefore the woman within the Kalasha community is considered to have a prominent and important role within the community. .
But perhaps the strangest customs prevalent within the Kalasha society is that if a woman likes another man while she is married, she can marry him to her husband, and if there is a dispute or a quarrel between the spouses, in this case the angry husband must be compensated and pay double the value of the dowry he paid her at the time of marriage. This process is according to the system followed within the community, and it is a natural and normal thing.
Of course, they are strange and illogical customs as well, and perhaps the reason for the continuation of these customs to this day is the complete isolation in which the Kalasha people live from the outside world.
