Chawmos information

Chawmos (cawmōs, ghona chawmos yat, Khowar "chitrimas" from cāturmāsyá, CDIAL 4742) is a festival of the Kalash people of Pakistan. It is also sometimes spelled chaumos. It is celebrated for two weeks at winter solstice (Dec. 7-22), at the beginning of the month chawmos mastruk in two weeks.^[1]

Chawmos is celebrated without musical instruments in the Rumbur and Bumborate villages but with instruments in Birir village. Chawmos comes after the Kalash finish their fieldwork and store their cheese, fruit, vegetables and grains for the year.^[2]^[3]

^ "Savilakehari celebrated as Chawmoss festival going on in Kalash Valley". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
^ Uploader (2019-12-17). "Week-long 'winter Chawmoss festival' attracting tourists in Kalash Valley". Associated Press Of Pakistan. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
^ Planet, Lonely. "Thorn Tree - The kalasha Winter Festival (Chawmoss)". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

[1] "Savilakehari celebrated as Chawmoss festival going on in Kalash Valley". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

[2] Uploader (2019-12-17). "Week-long 'winter Chawmoss festival' attracting tourists in Kalash Valley". Associated Press Of Pakistan. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

[3] Planet, Lonely. "Thorn Tree - The kalasha Winter Festival (Chawmoss)". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.