Vase of Longevity (Kalasha) with Buddha Amitabha, ca.1601–1700. Nepal.

Pakistan, Kalash Valleys, Bumburet valley - Kalasha woman harvesting maize

I just wanted you to know that this blog is mainly for Pakistan. I just created the provinces for further shugal but again , the main focus is on Pakistan so i do not think i will be personifying all those princely states or going too deep into them. When i want Pakistanis to view this blog , i want them to get more attached to Umer or Pakistan as a whole country instead of pledging allegiance to their own respective provinces XD. As for Azad Kashmir , Islamabad and Gilgit Baltistan , you’ll get to see them eventually , i’ll reblog them along with this post. Also i will be doing Kalasha too because i want to lol

As for the twin thingy , well for Balochistan , no i won’t put them as twins , i didn’t really think much into the Sistan province  of Iran, but the biography of Balochistan is pretty diverse so he isn’t the twin of Sistan. They are related (obviously). I made Makran because he was pretty distinct from the Iranic Balochis and needed his own personification.

For Punjab , again , he isn’t the twin of Indian Punjab. The Punjabi identity isn’t based on ethnicity , but is much more based on culture and language. So basically if anyone lives in Punjab and has embraced its culture and language , they can be called Punjabis. In Pakistan , i have divided the Pakistani Punjab into two separate personifications , Northern Punjab , which includes all those cities next to Kashmir , the pahari-potowar plateau and north western areas of Punjab including Rawalpindi , Jhelum etc. and South Punjab , also known as Seraiki , because they have their own culture, Southern punjab includes Multan ,Bhawalpur , Toba Tek Singh  etc etc. However , Northern Punjab holds more influence and power than southern Punjab , so i put Northern Punjab to represent Punjab most of the time. (even though that is starting to change slowly but gradually) (also don’t worry , northern Punjab is mostly a comic relief-type of character) So no , Pakistani Punjab looks different from Indian Punjab/Himachel Pradesh (Himachel would look a bit more tibetan-punjabi mix in my opinion).

As for Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan regions , Gilgit Baltistan is an entity of its own. As for Azad Kashmir , yeah , shares heritage with the Kashmir Valley. ( I still need to work a bit more on this i guess-? but just for fun , Kashmir banega Pakistan :p)

 They can be threaded as related but overall they look different (not THAT drastically) but not as similarly as twins. If you have any designs i would love to see them :D 

Kalash Girl

Location: Chitral District, Pakistan