Uncovering the obscure origins of the Nooristanis

The Nooristanis are cousins of the Kalash tribe/people but who
have instead embraced Islam.
They reside in various villages of the Afghan valley of Nooristan,
just five kilometres from Bumboret (Kalash valley).

Obviously being cousins with the Kalash, makes them descendants
of the Greek Macedonians also.

A British scholar by the name of Michael Wood, quotes in his
book "In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great" p8, the following
statement which was made by a Kalash named Kazi Khushnawaz;

"Long long ago, before the days of Islam, Sikander e Aazem came to India. The Two Horned one whom you British people call Alexander the Great. (sic) He conquered the world, and was a very great man, brave and dauntless and generous to his followers. When he left to go back to Greece, some of his men did not wish to go back with him but preferred to stay here. Their leader was a general called Shalakash [Seleucus]. With some of his officers and men, he came to these valleys and they settled here and took local women, and here they stayed. We, the Kalash, the Black Kafir of the Hindu Kush, are the descendants of their children. Still some of our words are the same as theirs, our music and our dances, too; we worship the same gods. This is why we believe the Greeks are our first ancestors...

(Seleucus was one of the Generals of Alexander the Great. He was born in 358 or 354 BC in the town of Europos, Macedonia and died in August/September 281 BC near Lysimathia, Thrace.)
http://intelligence-summit.blogspot.com/2006/05/pakistan-tale-of-two-valleys.html

Religions always possess certain traditions and rituals which are observed by their followers. The Kalash practice a ritual that is celebrated on August 6th. This feast day is named the Day of the Transfiguration. It is the day where the grapes are brought out to the god Dionysus to be blessed and to guarantee them of a plentiful crop. This ritual can be traced back to Ancient Greece where it was practiced by the cult of Dionysus who paid their respect to the god of fertility and wine. An active member of the cult of Dionysus was Olympia, mother of Alexander the Great, who is said to have recruited many of her son's soldiers and who in return practiced it throughout their expedition (Alexandrou, pg. 184).

Their chairs are decorated with drawings such as the ram's horns which symbolize the horns that decorated Alexander the Great's helmet. Battle scenes depicting Greek soldiers are also observed. In the recent archaeological discoveries in Vergina, Greek archaeologists found the exact same replicas as the ones the Kalash use in their homes (National Herald, pg. 7).
http://intelligence-summit.blogspot.com/2006/05/pakistan-tale-of-two-valleys.html


In 1896 a British explorer by the name of George Robertson visited the Kalash and did a study on them. He concluded that fifty percent of the Kalash's language derives from Ancient Greek. Such similarities can be found in their gods  names. Zeus is called Zeo, Aphrodite is called Frodait, the name Dionysus has kept the same pronounciation.
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Pakistan/photo368056.htm

check out the costume similarities.

Kalash/Nooristani



Greek Macedonian

It should be noted that the Greeks have set up some sort of cultural office in the region.  

Here is a video that they made in the area. 

http://www.nb.no/baser/morgenstierne/english/ex_ka_song.html

According to a article I read on the internet, they have a DNA reading that shows their closet relatives would be Yugoslavians (Macedonian?).

Some more pics of the obscure rituals

















Edited by Ave1 - 12-Aug-2006 at 11:26

Their god was not called Zeus either.

Thats not specific to Greeks or Macedonians, that dance is performed by Kurds, by Bulgars, by Iranians, by Tajiks.  Holding hands and dancing in a circle is not uncommon even among Africans!

Some pictures the blondey worshipers don't want you to see:

I believe a Greek "Teachers" union went to the region to set up some sort of office there.  I am sure they were dumbfounded when they uncovered that the Nooristanis actually speak an Indo-Iranian language.

Some people claim that some of the locals say they are descendants of Alexander merely for tourist dollars. 

A religious ritual that was taped by the Greek Teacher's association

http://www.nb.no/baser/morgenstierne/nirmali/nirmali/Imra/Text/sacrifice/sacrifice98.html

If i may just ask, for the cities theorized to be founded by alexander, what is the evidence that settlement did not exist in those localities beofre his arrival.

Our government is very messed up , I agree.  We have not had a stable government since early 1970s.

The governments in Afghanistan has always been minimally effective in nature and the surrounding kingdoms would offer support but were allowed to practice and do what they pleased.  This is what allowed Afghanistan to prosper in peace among its neighbors.  When the country would be invaded, they would rally together to fight a common enemy.  This happenned when the Mongols invaded, when the British Invaded, and again when the Russians invaded.