Women in Kalasha (Pakistan), although Asian, have white skin, blue eyes and a very open concept about sex life.
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| Gul Sayed, 25, smiles broadly as she hugs CNN travel correspondent Jini Reddy. She is the only woman in her family, with pale skin and blue eyes like those of a European, even though her village is located in the remote Kalasha Valley in northern Pakistan, near the Afghan border. |
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| Gul Sayed is not the only "stranger" in the village. Many researchers have said that the Kalasha people's ancestors were Alexander the Great, so they inherited very Western beauty in this Asian place. |
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| Kalasha girls are considered the most beautiful and happiest in Pakistan as well as in the world. Not only do they possess beautiful mixed-race looks, their personal love lives are also very liberal. |
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| Women in the village are free to date. “If we get married and the husband doesn’t treat us well or doesn’t work, we can leave and choose someone else,” Gul said. Two teenage girls standing next to Gul smiled shyly and nodded in acknowledgement. |
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| Pictured is Bashali, a house at the end of the village, reserved for women who are pregnant or menstruating. It is believed that a woman’s body is impure during these times. |
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| Kalasha women stay at home to do the housework, while men are the main workers. Most of them make a living by raising goats. |
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| Although living in an area where Islam is prevalent, the people here do not follow this religion. Therefore, their festivals are very different and have their own identity, unlike those of Pakistan. |
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