As promised here is a photograph I took of one of the Kalashi children last week. The clothes she is wearing are ‘normal’ attire; I can’t imagine what they wear at wedding or birthday celebrations! If you look closely you can see the intricate embroidery in the cap which is adorned with shells, despite the Kalash valley being approximately fifteen hundred kilometres away from the Arabian Sea!
This girl is a very special tribe found in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier. Notice the tiny shells adorned in her cap.