The tradition of kalash people , Οι παραδόσεις της φυλής των Καλάς
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Δευτέρα 5 Μαΐου 2025
Παρασκευή 2 Μαΐου 2025
Σάββατο 19 Απριλίου 2025
Παρασκευή 18 Απριλίου 2025
Παρασκευή 28 Μαρτίου 2025
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Πέμπτη 27 Μαρτίου 2025
Σάββατο 22 Μαρτίου 2025
Δευτέρα 24 Φεβρουαρίου 2025
Gos’ nik . Coming of Age Ceremony. December 19, 2024
Gos’ nik . Coming of Age Ceremony. December 19, 2024
On this day, customs are held that
gradually lead children into the world of adults. Their general name is Gos’ nik.
Gos’ is the pen and nik the verb to transport, move animals. It is called so
because the mother's brother transports animals from his pen and leads them to
the pen of his son-in-law, as an offering to his nephews. Before the Gos’nik
ceremonies, the head of the family makes offerings of flour on the altar of the
settlement and on the roof or threshold of his house. The main events of Gos’nik
day are:
-The "Gos’nik Piran" for boys who are four or five years old and are able to dress themselves and wear the "piran", a woven tunic for men. On top of his colorful hat they attach a crest of goat's beard that has been dyed red.
-The Gos’nik celik" is the corresponding custom for
girls who wear the "celik", a woven tunic for women. It is followed
by the "kupasik-san’biek". "San’biek" means "to
wear". Girls wear the kupas, the women's festive hat, for the first time.
- The "Bud san’biek" for
boys aged eight to ten. On this day they wear the "bud", the
shepherd's woolen cloak, for the first time.
- The “istongas", the
purification of boys with the blood of a goat sacrificed in the fold the night
before. Its meat is eaten only by men.
- The sacrifice of a goat inside the
house for the girl who participates in the Gos’nik ceremonies. The meat of the
animal is eaten only by women.
- Symposiums in honor of the Gos’nik
children. Along with the meat, the jaw, the breads they made the night before,
and whatever other goods each household has are also eaten.
-the customs of the Gos’nik take place inside the house or temple of the jestak in the presence of the family members and the children's uncles. The parents offer the uncles gifts, golden felts, sumans, the thank-you woven ribbons, baskets with various fruits and metal utensils. The uncles take it upon themselves to dress their nephews in their new costumes while those present sing the songs of the day and clap their hands accompanying the children's whirling dances. The mother takes from the box of family heirlooms the long necklaces with large bone beads and the silver chains with bells and hangs them around the necks of her children. For the next few days, the Gos’nik children roam the streets of the settlements, carrying the sounds of their bells. It is perhaps the happiest period of their lives because they are dressed like noblemen, fed like noblemen and receive the wishes of their fellow villagers. Most importantly of all, they will now enjoy the same rights as adults.
Κυριακή 16 Φεβρουαρίου 2025
Sawel’ik har’ik - Carnival in the village of Krakal. 16 December 2024
The Sawel’ik har’ik custom survives
only in the village of Krakal in the Bombouret valley. Some of the events of
the day require the exclusive presence of women, the makers of the savew, the
disc-shaped basket used to place offerings and food for the spirits and their
guests. Sawel’ik is the diminutive of "savew" and "har’ik"
comes from the verb har’ia hik which means to imitate.
The main event of the day puts the
woman at the center, giving her, at least for one day, the power and the right
to unthinking criticism of anyone. The events of the day are ¨
-a ceremony of purification in the
morning hours in the field west of the settlement. The master of ceremonies is
a young girl assisted by the adult women of the village. . They carry a savew
with tat’ori, breads stuffed with nuts and meat, in front of the sacred fire of
the ceremony. The assistants cut some pieces from the breads and let them fall
into the girl's handfuls. She in turn offers them to the flames of the sacred
fire. The invocations of the day are made exclusively by women. It is one of
the few ceremonies in the Kalash tradition where men are prohibited from
participating.
- gather of all the women in the
ceremonial field. They sing ancient songs and dance. Their lyrics refer to
valleys and settlements of the wider region that have now been converted to
Islam. In addition to historical songs, women sing improvised lyrics, mocking
the behavior of men.
- gather of men in a place that is
higher so that there is a view of the women's actions. Listening to their
experiments and sharp lyrics, they try to respond accordingly and to the same
musical rhythm.
- Custom ends with dances, rhythmic
songs, disguises with masks and animal skins, but also with improvised mocking
actions. Most of them have a theme of pastoral tradition. There are others that
aim to imitate and satire the actions of popular figures. Sawel’ik har’ik is
the carnival of Krakal. The participants, aided by wine and other spirits,
create Dionysian scenes of revelry until sunset. The art of theater is born in
Kalashadesh.
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