Taj Khan Kalash
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Tach Sharakat Kalash belongs to an endangered Indigenous culture and language community Kalasha (Kafirs of Hindu Kush
) living in the wilderness of Hindu Kush Mountains on the boarder of Pakistan with Afghanistan. Kalasha are the last remaining pagan
tribe numbering 4000 people speaking the ancient Indo-Aryan language Kalasha-mondr besides practicing a polytheistic
ancestral belief system and Pre-Islamic culture dating back to 3000 B.C. Ethnographic researches on Kalasha origins point towards Proto-European movement in south Asia followed by second major movement through marshal-expedition of Alexander the Great.
Tach is one of the first literates among Kalasha People to have received BA in Political science & Law, at Edwardes College
Peshawar Pakistan & MA Human Rights from Central European University
Budapest, Hungary.
Tach has made first Kalasha indigenous documentary film Kalasha about his people as part of anthropological documentation and advocacy for Kalasha people's linguistic rights in education and cultural autonomy. He is also writer of first hand report on "Kalasha Mythology, herbs & Shamanic practices". Tach has been a spokesman for Kalasha with his exceptional linguistic skills speaking four Asiatic and three European languages besides his mother tongue.
Working in close collaboration with various international researchers and linguists Taj organized first Kalasha Orthography Conference 2000 in Islamabad Pakistan. In 2004 he was able to raise funds to publish first alphabet book of Kalasha language based on Roman script designed by an Australian linguist Gregory R. Cooper.
Tach's struggles for survival & development of Kalasha language are featured in a recent documentary film called The Alphabet Book produced by Pattern films. He is currently working on developing Kalasha Literacy Project that involves documentation of Kalash language and Oral historical data by compilation of textbooks and literacy materials in Kalasha language.
http://sprogmuseet.dk/enkeltsprog/kalasha-i-danmark/
Hindu Kush
The Hindu Kush is an mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. The highest point in the Hindu Kush is Tirich Mir in the Chitral region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.It is the westernmost extension of the Pamir Mountains, the Karakoram Range, and is a...
) living in the wilderness of Hindu Kush Mountains on the boarder of Pakistan with Afghanistan. Kalasha are the last remaining pagan
Paganism
Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....
tribe numbering 4000 people speaking the ancient Indo-Aryan language Kalasha-mondr besides practicing a polytheistic
Polytheism
Polytheism is the belief of multiple deities also usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own mythologies and rituals....
ancestral belief system and Pre-Islamic culture dating back to 3000 B.C. Ethnographic researches on Kalasha origins point towards Proto-European movement in south Asia followed by second major movement through marshal-expedition of Alexander the Great.
Tach is one of the first literates among Kalasha People to have received BA in Political science & Law, at Edwardes College
Edwardes College
Edwardes College is an undergraduate and graduate institution in the city of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province along Pakistan’s northwest border with Afghanistan...
Peshawar Pakistan & MA Human Rights from Central European University
Central European University
For other uses, see European University Central European University is a graduate-level, English-language university offering degrees in the social sciences, humanities, law, public policy, business management, environmental science, and mathematics...
Budapest, Hungary.
Tach has made first Kalasha indigenous documentary film Kalasha about his people as part of anthropological documentation and advocacy for Kalasha people's linguistic rights in education and cultural autonomy. He is also writer of first hand report on "Kalasha Mythology, herbs & Shamanic practices". Tach has been a spokesman for Kalasha with his exceptional linguistic skills speaking four Asiatic and three European languages besides his mother tongue.
Working in close collaboration with various international researchers and linguists Taj organized first Kalasha Orthography Conference 2000 in Islamabad Pakistan. In 2004 he was able to raise funds to publish first alphabet book of Kalasha language based on Roman script designed by an Australian linguist Gregory R. Cooper.
Tach's struggles for survival & development of Kalasha language are featured in a recent documentary film called The Alphabet Book produced by Pattern films. He is currently working on developing Kalasha Literacy Project that involves documentation of Kalash language and Oral historical data by compilation of textbooks and literacy materials in Kalasha language.
External links
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