Music from Wakhi Cultural Festival:

Brief Facts: Inhabitants of Wakhan speaks Wakhi language and also known as Pamiri or Mountain Tajiks.
Population of these wakhan people is roughly estimated about 50,000. The population is mostly divided among these fours countries Pakistan, Tajikstan, Afghanistan and China. These wakhi are followers of Prince Karim Aga Khan and are Nizari Ismaili Shia Muslim. Literacy rate is better; about 60%.
In Pakistan Wakhi Tajik Cultural Association is an NGO actively involved in preserving the Wakhi Tajiki language and culture and record its poetry and music. In Gilgit Radio Pakistan broadcast the Wakhi program like Sada-e-Baame-eDunya” the voice of the Roof of the World.

We visited Lok visited on Saturday December 12, 2009 where Wakhi Cultural Festival were being organized from 9-13 December, 2009: It is was very impressive. You may like to listen and enjoy sweet melody of this region. It is from Hunza.