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Japanese Kei Fasagawa's Kalasha spouse passes away

By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: The cruel clutches of death drove a wedge between the two loving birds in Kalash valley of Rumbur who had tied the knot in January last, Kalash social worker Gambur told chitraltimes.com here on Sunday. He said that a Kalash girl Rajina,16, had eloped with a Japanese boy Kei Fasagawa aged 25 on 18th January last and entered into matrimonial relations as the father of the girl had vehemently opposed the marriage repeatedly for the last four years. Soon after the marriage, the boy had gone to Japan to return last month but found her love suffering from a mysterious illness. Mr. Gamburi said that the Japanese removed her to Islamabad for treatment but to no avail as she left her lover all alone to mourn her death on Saturday in a hospital. Her dead body has been taken to her native valley where her death rituals will be performed according to the Kalash traditions and ways. People from all the three valleys are gathering in Rumbur to participate in the rituals which include dancing and singing around the dead body paying rich homage to the deceased. The Kalash leader recalled that only three months ago, the residents of the valley had celebrated the marriage ceremony with great pomp and show as the Japanese had spent a large sum of money to give them a sumptuous feast. He regretted the separation of death did not give the couple a month to celebrate the chilim jusht festival which commences from the second week of May. He said that during the festival the lovers renew their pledge and the couple were eagerly waiting and preparing for the festival. Nicknamed as Museebat (trouble) The Japanese bride had converted to Kalash for the sake of his love and was enthusiastically performing the Kalash rituals.
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Kalasha people introduces a large number of Home guest houses
 
By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: Kalash people have grown clever enough to discover new avenues to augment their income and the latest one is the introduction of guest house system in their homes for the tourists, a Japanese couple told chitraltimes.com who had earlier visited the Kalash valleys in 1980s. They said that they had faced a suitable accommodation problem that time but now they found a network of small guest houses offering a decent place to live where they felt at comfort and really enjoyed the visit. �It provided us with an opportunity to peer the unique life-style of the primitive people�, they said. Regarding the new idea of guest houses, the Kalash people said that it was basically a part of Regional Women Empowerment Project (RWEP) of economic empowerment of women project of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme. Looking for different means of earning livelihood for the women folk in the valleys, it discovered the idea of introducing small guest houses to generate additional income, they said. RWEP provided training to the women on how to use their additional rooms as guest houses for the tourists and manage it, they said and added that the idea worked well and the people added or renovated a room or two for the guests with basic necessities. Mostly couples and families opt for such types of accommodation in the valleys where they cook food for themselves and enjoy an environment which the hotels cannot offer. Akbari Khan Kalash of Rumbur valley said that his life standard has raised due to the additional income accrue from the one-room guest house attached his home. He said that he had no source of income other than subsistence farming. The Kalash people said that they feel pleasure to host the tourist couples and families as paying guests. Regarding the rate of fares, they said that there was no hard and fast rate fixed but it is placed at the wish of the guest. The Kalash people demanded that credit must be made available to those who did not afford to raise additional rooms and make necessary settings for guest house as some of them suffered abject poverty.
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