About Chitrali Music:

Chitralis love to sing and dance. Any Chitrali/Kho can sing and dance but there are also some "experts " that form a group and gather whenever there is an occasion. These people are not professional musicians but mere music lovers. Usually the group consists of 8-10 persons: one or two singers that sing the verse alternatively, a sitar player and a jerrican player. The rest will clap their hands and dance one by one. As in Yasin, they have musical bands and drummers. In the recent age, chitrali artists like Mansoor Ali Shabab (Singer) and Aftab Alam(Sitar Player) have earned a great name throughout Chitral and Yasin Valley.

There are many folk songs; songs from the old days to the present new songs.
Among the Chitrali's culture, songs/poems are highly evaluated and whenever a song is sung the poet and the background of the song is remembered. The themes of the songs are various but most of the songs are of love and this the Chitralis most admire. Some of the words of the old songs are forgotten but still the melodies remain and are being performed by instruments.

There are several types of songs. Long songs that are sung in a very slow duble beat are called dani. Sauz is sung in a medium tempo and the rhythm of the sitar changes from dublet to triplet alternately.
While these songs are accompanied by dance, there are also songs that are sung alone. Ashurjan is one of them and is sung in a dialogue form, a very old style.
Here are examples of some famous Chitrali songs. The words are in Khowar, the predominant language of Chitral: Yorman Hameen, Ashurjan, Khush Bigeem, Zcheq Mehtar, Ghalawar etc.