High Asia Herald Report There are certain food taboos in some Asian and African communities and tribes that are prohibited for women. Especially pregnant women are prohibited from taking in essential food and drinks. It is transferred from generation to generation and has a negative effect on pregnant mothers’ health.  In Ethiopia’s eastern district pregnant women avoid linseed, coffee, tea, …

Even if we change our emissions now, we are committed to a lot of ice melt, says Prof. Kääb. Image credit: Sharada Prasad We need to understand how glaciers are shrinking in order to better adapt to climate change impacts such as changes to water supply, landslides, and avalanches, says Prof Andreas Kääb from the University of Oslo in Norway …

by Fakhr-e-Alam The first-ever, a snow skiing training camp was held in upper Chitral for young winter sports enthusiasts. Asif Murad, an emerging activist of Chitral had organized the five-day snow skiing training camp at Kaklasht under his organization “Hindukush Mountaineering and Adventure Club”. The camp is attended by more than 50 young people including girls, from Chitral, Hunza, and …

Kailasha men and women dance on the concluding day of Chomos festival. Photo: Gul Hammad Kalash annual festival concludes with a spectacular display of Kailash valley culture, rituals By Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: The annual Chomos festival concluded after display of the spectacular and unique colours of the Kailash tribe last week. A large number of tourists from all over Pakistan …

Reviving folk music of mountains Paying tribute to mountainears singing one of famous poetry of Sahid Akhtar Qalandari on mountain day celebration held here at Islamabad.Special thanks to ustad Anwar Hamia on stage playing traditional flute (Tutak/Taroie) and other musicians thanks alot you people rocked.."آونے حسنے جادو بعلا بے بے امتحان بعلا جا عاشقعیہدیش دیشولو ٹھموکہ اومعیبان اونے عاشق تنصفاتین …

Fashion show and handicraft from the two valleys were also on display at the Aabpara Community Centre

  A submachine gun that started a quest to know more about the Kirghiz exodus from the Pamirs   Raheel Siddiqui   When one is trotting on a horse at a high altitude through a mountain pass, accompanied by a friend who’s running low on sleep due to low oxygen, there is a slight hope that one won’t be bothered …

Innocent girls continually paying the price of cursed marriages without their consent   By Suhail Ahmad Daughters, as the Quran emphatically endorses, are the blessings of Divinity. In contrast, like other orthodox societies of Pakistan, people in Chitral, as being deeply and loosely connected with religion, treat their girl children in a quite miserable way. From cradle to grave, women …

Gul Hamad Farooqi Last month eight members of a poor workers’ family – two brothers, their mother, wives, and three children – perished when their house caught fire after a gas cylinder blast in Ayun, upper Chitral.  They were brought to the District Headquarters Hospital Chitral but couldn’t be provided treatment due to a lack of facilities and staff. The …

Bank of Karomber Lake. — Photo by author “My Love!I am the receding sunshine on the mountains,the running wind on the lake,the fading chant of the shepherd.I’m the story that’s overDon’t call me or recall me for I’m gone now once and for all.”(Translated from a Wakhi song) As the blue waters of Karomber Lake bathe in the sun’s golden …