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| Ra-Joe canal of khot |
Khot is attached with Yarkhon valley in the east crossing
the khotan pass, in the south of khot Mastuj valley is situated, in the north the rech valley is situated which is
attached with the wakhan Afghanistan by the Sha Junali pass, while in the west
the Buzund and the Shagram the capital of Torkhow is situated.
Khot valley is very cold in the winter season and in the
summer season its atmosphere becomes very pleasant and comfortable. In the
summer the blooming of flowers, green trees, dark blue sky with a snow in the mountains
and green hills give magical sight to the peoples. Many residents of this
valley migrates to towns in the winter and coming back with the spring to enjoy
pleasant environment and fresh air, its beauty as well as to participate and
enjoy its traditional events summer long. Many other relatives and friends form
the whole world and the town city arriving here in the summer to enjoy it,
short number of professional tourists also visiting it but because there is no
hotel available here but they still enjoy the hospitality of the residents of
khot.
Khot is one of the representing valleys of rich chitrali
traditions and culture, as khot is the old valley and many traditions are still
followed in the same way and many traditional events of khot have there own traditional
old rules management and regulations. Like the event of SOT-KORIK (traditional
events of eating traditional food and cultural show in august in the pasture of
khot), GHARI-NISIK (the migration event of cattle in July to pasture), and
JOE-NEZIK (cleaning canal
of Ra
In the month of July residents of khot valley migrates form
towns to pasture with cattle for two month, this traditional event called
Ghari-nisik in this traditional event every person participates some of them for
enjoyment and some for transferring the cattle and to hand over the cattle to
the temporary grazier this traditional
event is celebrated in the same way form centuries. The voices of different
cattle in the early morning and there different coloring for their
identification, large traffic of ladies, children and men in the morning of
Ghari-nisik in the road of khot are very entertaining. A person participating formally
or not but he must enjoy the beautiful and fascinating sight of this event.
After a month of Ghari-nisik another traditional event
SOT-KORIK is celebrated in the pasture of khot specially in the Shah-Lasht (Old
natural polo ground in the hills of khot). In this event mostly males are
participating large number of teenagers goes to these places to enjoy the
traditional food obtained by cattle like Cheese, Milk, Butter, and foods cooked
in the butter oil etc, and also to enjoy different traditional and modern games
in the Shah Lasht and also to enjoy cultural show and dances in the night of sotkorik.
This is a tracking type event celebrated in the month of August.
In the beginning of spring season the event of Joe-Shepik or
Joe-Nezik (Cleaning and repair of Ra-Canal) is also oldest traditional event
arranged by the oldest organization called URFI. URFI was established in about
1680 AD to care repairing, maintenance and to manage the Rah-canal was
constructed by the struggle of Mir Khosh (Mir of Balakob) for the irrigation of
khot valley there was no source to irrigate the whole area before the
Rah-canal. This canal again expended by his son and descendant Mir Shauqi who
was also Mir of Balakob. He expends and established URFI for the administration
of Ra-canal. Now thousand of formers are the beneficiaries of this canal.
SM Azam Shauqi
Khot Chitral
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