Nuristani People


The Nuristanis are an Indo-Iranian-speaking ethnic group native to the Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan and some villages in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.Before their conversion to Islam, the Nuristanis (then known as "Kafiristanis") practiced an Indo-Iranian polytheistic(बहुदेववादी) Rigvedic religion. Non-Muslim religious practices endure today to some degree as folk customs. In their native rural areas, they are often farmers, herders, and dairymen.
Genatics:
Approximately 60% of Nuristanis carry Y-DNA Haplogroup R1a.
The haplogroup R1a (Y-DNA) is found at a frequency of 51.02% among the Pashtun people. Haplogroup R1a is also found in Majority of Chitpavan Brahamins of Maharasthra,Jewish,Iaranian,Kurdish and Dravidian Chenchu,Koya and Kallar Population.

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