The Kalasha (Kalasha: Kaĺaśa; Nuristani: Kasivo‎), or Kalash, are a Dardic indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. They speak the Kalasha Language, from the Dardic family of the Indo-Aryan branch. They are considered unique among the peoples of Pakistan. They are also considered to be Pakistan’s smallest ethno-religious community. The Kalash of Chitral has maintained its own separate cultural traditions. Kalasha Desh (the three Kalash valleys) is made up of two distinct cultural areas, the valleys of Rumbur and. Kalash mythology and folklore has been compared to that of ancient Greece, but they are much closer to Indo-Iranian (pre-Zoroastrian-Vedic) traditions.