A mountain pass, located at a height of approximately 3000 m, connects the Birir and Bumburet valleys.

Kalash women usually wear long black robes, often embroidered with cowrie shells.

For this reason, they are known in Chitral as “The Black Kafirs”.

In this photo Kalash women are standing outside the Bashalani to take the clothes for washing from their relative women inside the Bashalani. After one year a wooden statue is placed near the coffin in a ceremony to project the bravery of the dead man and his other good qualities.

This ceremony is done in pomp and show followed by a feast.

The maximum temperature in summers varies between 23° and 27 °C (73° to 81 °F) and the minimum temperature during winters varies between 2° and 1 °C (36° to 34 °F).