CHITRAL ASSOCIATION FOR MOUNTAIN AREA TOURISM 

Dear  all

We take pleasure to inform you that Jashan-e- Chitral 2005 is being arranged from 15 to 22 September.

This is a week long festival of cultural activities and traditional sports of the mountain communities of the Hindukush & Karakorum  region.

This festival has been revived after 21 years through initiative from  CAMAT ( Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism  ). The festival involves organizing the event through community participation and volunteers taken from different sections of society .

The ex-state of Chitral encouraged Jashan e Chitral and other cultural activities. Besides traditional sports music and polo were events where teams from different administrative units took part. The winning teams in all events were honoured with privileges. The Jashan was given large publicity and provided an opportunity for the different

communities to come closer to each other . In the Jashan various indigenous events were arranged such as poetry, sitar music and traditional sports. Later, due to lack of patronage in the 70’s the Jashan could not be held for many years. At the same time imported sports got introduced through the electronic media. CAMAT (Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism) realized there was still time to revive the traditional sports. The Chitrali elders and youth were motivated and Jashan e Chitral  is now revived.

Each year the following events are  scheduled.

·         Traditional dancing & singing

·         Archery contest between Nuristani tribes

·         Swimming across torrential rivers

·         Rock climbing at ShaSha cliffs

·         Rafting down Chitral river

·         Wild mountain polo , horse races and Buz Kashi

·         Traditional wrestling and tug of war, shot puts

·         Wrestling on wooden logs placed high over water

·         Sitar music, Mushaira and local Drama

·         Traditional handicrafts on display

·         Kalash festival events in Birir

There are groups from different regions of Chitral performing sitar music & dancing. Teams from Northern area will also be participating in some of the events. The  Jashan is now attracting enthusiastic  domestic and International tourists film crews and journalists. As we had informed you last year  the Jashan e Chitral is now a calendar event on fixed dates . Like Shandur festival each year you  can  now plan this as well in your itineraries .

If there is any help required please contact CAMATs office in Chitral  which will be glad to assist you.

We look forward to your participation in the Jashan .

Sincerely

Maqsood ul Mulk

Chairman CAMAT.

Source: Asghar Ali Porik

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