Re-open the Bashali in Batrik , Kalasha valleys, with the help of donors and Koinotopia.

 

The existing anthropological literature about the Kalasha menstrual house  assumes  that  the  bashali  (basˇa´li)  is  a  place  where  women  are restricted, confined, exiled (Schomberg 1938; Siiger 1956; Graziosi 1961; Palwal 1972; Robertson 1896).

An image of the goddess Dezalik was kept in the Bashali, or women’s house; Men are not allowed to enter the Bashali, where women are relegated when they are in a state of impurity.

The segregation of women during the menstrual period and at childbirth is of course practiced among many different peoples. The horror felt for their state, considered impure, leads primitive communities to take all the necessary precautions to avoid dangerous contacts between impure women and all other members of the group.

 

The Bashali in the village of Batrik did not work for a long time due to major damage to the electrical and plumbing systems and the lack of water drainage.

Batrik's women were obliged to go to Bashali who were in other villages.

All start with a meeting.

A meeting of the representatives of the residents of Batrik was held, consisting of them, Ghani,Jani Gul, Rumeela, Kamazar, Jamlana, Gurum, Khorma Gul, Anwas Bigim, Zakhira, Gulshana, Nasira, Fatima, Sabira, Gul Mer,  Rashi Beg, Rahmat Ullah, Gul Mia, Noor Shairan, Basir Muhammad, Ghazi Muhammad and it was decided to immediately start work on the restoration of the site.

Who will get in?

Is it necessary to purify or even sacrifice an animal?

The materials were purchased from the city of Chitral and after 7 days of intensive work Bashali was opened again for the women of Batrik.