The ’’Enclaved" Culture of Parun in Former Kafiristan

  • Max Klimburg (Autor/in)

Abstract

The former region of Kafiristan or "Land of Heathens", renamed Nuristan or "Land of Light" after its forced Islamisation at the end of the 19th century, is a special case in virtually all respects - firstly because of its long survival as an "enclaved" cultural retreat in the midst of the Islamic world with strong "anti-heathen" attitudes, and secondly due to its general cultural peculiarities and the amazing ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity that existed.

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2021-07-29