Bumburet

{{Short description|Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan}}

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| other_name = وادی بمبوریت

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| settlement_type = valley

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| subdivision_name1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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| subdivision_name2 = Lower Chitral District

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Bumburet (Kalasha: {{lang|kls|Mumuret}}, {{langx|ur|وادی بمبوریت}}, also spelt Bumboret{{cite news |last1=Rickett |first1=Oscar |title=Culture Kalash in Pakistan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/apr/17/pakistan-taliban-hindu-kush |work=The Guardian |date=16 April 2011}} or Bumburait) is the largest valley of Kalasha Desh in Lower Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.{{cite news |title=Pakistan: Kalash valley culture at risk from Taliban |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/oct/17/pakistan-kalash-valley-taliban |work=The Guardian |date=17 October 2011}} It is one of the three valleys of Kalasha Valleys and a tourist destination in the northern Pakistan.{{cite news |title=Tourists left stranded in Chitral Valley |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/868702-tourists-left-stranded-in-chitral-valley |work=The News International |language=en}}

The Bumburet Valley joins the Rumbur Valley from the south (at {{coord|35|44|20|N|71|43|40|E|}}, {{convert|1600|m}}), and then joins the Kunar Valley at the village of Ayun (at {{coord|35|42|52|N|71|46|40|E|}}, 2288 meters), some {{convert|20|km}} south (downstream) of Chitral. To the west the valley rises to a pass connecting to Afghanistan's Nuristan Province at about {{convert|4500|m}}.{{Cite web|last=TP|date=2017-08-15|title=Bumburet Valley|url=https://todaypakistan.info/bumburet-valley/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113143017/https://todaypakistan.info/bumburet-valley/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2021|access-date=2020-09-28|website=Today Pakistan|language=en-US}}{{bsn|date=January 2025}} Lying in the Hindu Kush mountain range, the area features streams, meadows and agricultural fields with walnut and apricot trees. The valley is inhabited primarily by the Kalash people, and has become a tourist destination. There is an archaeology museum, Kalasha Dur Museum, in the valley.{{cite news |last1=Muzaffar |first1=E.Noor |title=The spectacular Kalash valley |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/you/898957-the-spectacular-kalash-valley |access-date=25 November 2024 |work=The News International |date=12 October 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=R.Saeed |title=Declared 'intangible', the heritage of Kalash is over 3,000 years old – but will it survive the 21st century? |url=https://tribune.com.pk/article/74822/declared-intangible-the-heritage-of-kalash-is-over-3000-years-old-but-will-it-survive-the-21st-century |access-date=25 November 2024 |work=The Express Tribune |date=9 December 2018}}

Much of the infrastructure of the region was destroyed by the floods during July – August 2015 triggered by heavy rainfalls and glacial outburst.{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=R. Saeed |title=Earthly matters: At the mercy of climate change |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1210844 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=Dawn Newspaper |date=4 October 2015 |language=en}} The ruined areas were visited by the British royals, Prince William and Princess Catherine of Wales on their tour of Pakistan in October 2019.{{cite news |title=Prince William calls for climate change action on glacier visit |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50068645 |access-date=10 January 2025 |work=BBC |date=16 October 2019}}