Kalsha kids dancing during the festival. Dances evoking an amorous state of being, during the Biramor Winter Solstice ceremony. Chitral, Pakistan.

Kalash women participating in Biramor Winter Solstice ceremony in their traditional attire. The kupas, the headdress of the women, is a mark of Kalash identity. Covered with cowrie shells, it is an appeal for protection and fecundity. No women may go bareheaded, without the kupas or at least without the headdress support, the shushut, which is also decorated with cowrie shells, beads, bells, buttons and pompoms. Chitral, Pakistan.

Dances evoking an amorous state of being, during the Biramor Winter Solstice ceremony. Chitral, Pakistan.