Hunza Valley's Historical Background people culture , diet, women/girls and lakes

Historical Overview

Hunza Valley is a hilly region in Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan. Hunza was once a princely state bordering China to the north and the Pamir to the northwest, which existed until 1974, when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto disbanded it. The state was bordered on the south by the Gilgit Agency and on the east by the old princely state of Nagar. Baltit (also known as Karimabad) was the state capital, while Ganish Village was the old hamlet. For about 900 years, Hunza was an independent principality. Between 1889 and 1892, the British took possession of Hunza and the nearby valley of Nagar, which was followed by a bloody military conflict. Then-Thom (Prince) Mir Safdar Ali Khan of Hunza went to Kashghar, China, in search of political asylum. Hunza's ruling family is known as Ayeshe (heavenly) because of the following incident. The two states of Hunza and Nagar were once one, ruled by a branch of the Shahreis, Gilgit's reigning family, with Nagar as its capital. Mayroo Khan, the first Muslim Thum of Nagar, married a daughter of Trakhan of Gilgit, who bore him twin boys named Moghlot and Girkis, according to legend, approximately 200 years after Islam was introduced to Gilgit. Nager's current ruling dynasty is descended from the former. The twins are claimed to have been antagonistic towards one another since infancy. Their father, perceiving this and unable to settle the succession issue, divided his kingdom between them, giving Girkis the north side of the river and Moghlot the south.

Hunza Cherry Blossom

The most beautiful areas for cherry blossoms in Pakistan are Skardu and Hunza. The heat in Hunza is slightly higher than in Skardu, due to which the flowers bloom on the trees here more quickly. The flowers on the trees are decorated with this beauty as if it were the art of an artist. While these beauties take the form of different fruits after about a month, during the season these different fruits become the adornment of domestic and foreign markets. Remember that blossoms are a special period in Gilgit-Baltistan. ’

Hunzas people's diet

Hunzas eat a primarily plant-based, raw diet. Because the Hunza is so secluded, the Hunza farms apricots, cherries, grapes, plums, and peaches, among other fruits. They also eat wheat, barley, and millet, as well as chapati, their daily bread.

The valley is famed for its wonderful fruit, terraced farms, and local people's longevity, as well as its changing colours throughout the year. Although you may have seen autumn colours all across the world, you will not see a gorgeous peak like Tupopdan hidden behind the colourful trees and valleys. Autumn in the Hunza Valley is breathtaking and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It's the best time to visit the stunning Hunza Valley.

National Geographic published a series of articles in the early 1970s which investigated reports of long-lived people all across the world. One of these peoples was the Hunza, who lived in the Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan. They developed into fascinating case studies of the region in which they live.

 

Hunza women and girls

Whenever we hear the name of Hunza, we will think of the beautiful mountains, which include Lady Finger, Ultra Pack, and Flea Cones, and the scene of Rakapushi from Hunza to Nagar, which gives a strange kind of charm. Hunza is a modern place, the people here are not closed minded. The people are welcome. The women in Hunza are more independent than in other areas. Every girl has her own choice of what kind of career she chooses for herself. Look closely and let know a lot of things. The first of which is that Hunza's wife is not free, but she is stuck in customs, or if she has to do something for herself or herself. If you want to persuade, you have to do something with the permission of society and your family. This is not fixed on the whole of Hunza. If we talk about Gojal, then girls can do whatever they want and play football there, or if we talk about Shamshal, then the girls there can also climb mountains of their own free will now.(from Misa talpur facebook page)

 But this does not mean that every Hunza girl can choose her own career or live her dream.

It handles everything from the house to the farm. While their husbands should take care of the field themselves or help them.

  

Attabad Lake Hunza-result of a natural disaster

A large landslide swept down the sides of the isolated Hunza Valley in the Gilgit Baltistan Region of Northern Pakistan on January 4, 2010. Twenty people were killed and 26 dwellings were destroyed when the town of Attabad was buried. However, the calamity was far from over. The Hunza River had been blocked by the landslide, and the newly formed lake's fast increasing waters endangered villages both below and above the dam.

The waters behind the freshly built natural dam quickly surged to a depth of more than 300 feet, forming a lake that grew to be 13 miles long. The lake got larger, displacing 6,000 people from upstream settlements and flooding a 12-mile length of the Karakoram Highway, stranding the region.

Local officials excavated a spillway in May 2010 to channel the river over the dam. However, a month later, the landslide was being flooded too much. Lower Shishkat was fully drowned below the dam, while Gulmit was partially flooded.

By August 2010, the spillway was performing admirably. However, by that time, up to 25,000 people had been impacted, either as a result of the initial landslide, flooding, or the highway's collapse. The government helped the victims, but many people were still afraid of such disasters. 50,000 people living downstream, as well as a road that serves as a major trading link with China, could be harmed if the dam bursts.

The dam, thankfully, held. And out of the calamity arose an unexpected draw that would later lead to a tourism boom in the area: Attabad Lake, a glittering turquoise lake that is now one of Pakistan's biggest attractions.

 

In the spring and early summer, when meltwater from the surrounding mountains deposits glacial silt into the lake, the lake's frigid waters turn a magnificent blue. The lake usually freezes over in the winter.