The End Closes In on Endangered Diverse Cultures
Across South Asia, tiny tribes and ethnic groups are struggling to retain their identities against a tide of religious and cultural pressures.
Associated Press correspondents recently visited with members of two endangered groups to report on the problems facing their distinct cultures.
* In India, the Parsis, an urban community that has enriched world culture and helped build nations, is slowly dwindling toward extinction because of its own exclusivity.
* In Pakistan, meanwhile, the Kalash, a pagan tribe that lived isolated for centuries in remote Himalayan valleys, are under siege from conversion-minded Muslim clerics.
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