Kalash community to celebrate Chilam Joshi festival with simplicity due to coroavirus.

PESHAWAR -- The Kalash community of Chiltral district has decided to celebrate its annual Chilam Joshi festival this year with simplicity due to prevailing cornovirus pandemic situation.

According to a news release issued here by Tourism Department, the decision has been taken during a meeting between elders of Kalash community and Deputy Commissioner of Lower Chitral District.

In the meeting, it was also decided that no outsider would be allowed to visit Chitral for participation in the festival.

It was also decided that Kalash community would only perform its religious rituals during the festival by following corona prevention SOPs.

It merits to mention here that Chilam Joshi was a four day festival being celebrated in the mid of May to celebrate beginning of summer season and for...