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The Shimshal people are known for their friendliness and for the good
time they have. Their life is circles around the festivals, which gave
them some relief from the harsh environment but however, socially and
culturally they have a rich and lively life. Social and religious
activities take place at the level of entire community, They rarely take
place at the level of the individual family
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1-Thgham 1st April at
Shimshal
Thaguam mean seed ( wheat, barley )
the people of the Shimshal celebrate this festival on the day of
cultivation. All the people of the Shimshal gather at a place and pray to the God to help them to produce a good
yield crop and send a
favorable weather . This is
the most attention-grabbing
festival in which every member of the family participate From (Siman) A traditional dish ) to
the Seed throughing in the
field every moment is astonishing to watch and one feel that he is in the
past.
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- 2- Anniversary of Agha khan
11th July at
Shimshal
The day to celebrate when the current Imam Prince Kraim
El Husseni bear the title of Imam after his grand father Sir
Sultan Muhammad Shah .It is a
religious festival
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- 3- Walyoo 25-28
July at
shimshal pass (pamir)
One of the
Interesting and unique
Festival only held in Shimshal and no where else in Northern area of
Pakistan and which is
celebrating for last 400
years in a conventional way. The
myth behind the festival is some 400 years ago a man has lost his yak
during his visit to Walyoo( a place name) . After a search of many days he
got a glimpse of his yak which was slipped
in and ensnare beneath a
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stone he tried his
best to take him out but all his efforts were in vain, At that night he saw a dream in which a man
instructing him to sacrifice the Yak in the name of God ( Called Niaz) so
he did what was instructed in the dream Since from that day the people
take their Yak to Walyoo and sacrifice the animals in the name of God. One
of fascinating thing in the Festival is the Yark race. It is nearly 10Km
race which is held in a customary way
The race starts from Sworth ( a place in Shimshal Pass situated at height 4735 m) to Yakthtash (
Walyoo 4655 m) One should experience only one of its kind festival which will linger in your memories
for many years
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- 4- Kuch 15-18
October at shimshal
In the month of May every year following the old
tradition the Shimshalies use
to take the their livestock to the high Pastures of Pamir for grazing and
during their five month stay
their , they collect the
Yeast ,Butter and Cheese for their families to be used in the Chilling winter season. This festival is celebrated
as the families are reunited You
can have a spectacular view on this day
when thousand of Cattle
,Yarks and Goats are entering in the village at the same time , Tradition of goat sacrifice at
the Shimshal bridge is still
going on as it was 400 years ago for the safe return of the families.
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- 5- anniversary
of Agha khan 23rd October at Shimshal
A religious Festival to celebrate the first visit of
Prince
Karim Agha Khan.( He visited Hunza on 23rd
October 1960.)
- 6- Cultural
programs silk route) 25
October at Shimshal
Shimshal has unique traditional and culture which is
still preserved as it was in
the past. On this day the old
people high light the history of the Shimshal .They sing the traditional
songs, dance and show the old items as they
bequeath their tradition to it
to the younger generation
Tradition
Festival to celebrate opening of the road and resuscitation of the History
of Shimshal. Culture programs are organized.
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