05/12/2024
5 Days Kalash & Chitral tour on days of Choimus ( Chawmos ) Festival
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Date for this tour:
14th to 19th Dec, 2024
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Information about festival 👇👇
Choimus is a festival of the Kalash people of Pakistan. It is celebrated for two weeks at winter solstice at the beginning of the month Choimus mastruk in two weeks.
Choimus is celebrated without musical instruments in the Rumbur and Bumborate villages but with instruments in Birir village. Choimus comes after the Kalash finish their fieldwork and store their cheese, fruit, vegetables and grains for the year
The first week of Choimus is for the Kalash people only. Kalash girls select their bridegrooms after some rituals. The entire population remains indoors
In the second week of Choimus the people thank their god with dance and music. This part of festival is public. It involves much music and dancing, and the sacrifice of many goats. It is dedicated to the god Balimain who is believed to visit from the mythical homeland of the Kalash, Tsyam (Tsiyam, tsĂam), for the duration of the feast. Food sacrifices are offered at the clans’ Jeshtak shrines, dedicated to the ancestors.