Torwali people

The Torwali people are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group located in the Swat district of Pakistan.

[2] The Torwalis inhabit the Swat River valley between Laikot (a little south of Kalam) down to and including the village of Bahrein (60 km north of Mingora).

The Torwalis live in compact villages of up to 600 houses, mainly on the west bank of the Swat River.

[4][5] The Torwalis were native to a more extensive area, such as towards Buner, from where they were expelled into mountainous tracts by successive aggressive migration by Pashtuns.

[7] By the 17th century, in the aftermath of Yusufzai Pashtun invasions in the region, most of the Torwalis had converted from Hinduism and Buddhism to Islam; however, elements of traditional culture were still heavily practised.