The days are marked by dancing, and the people visit each other and exchange milk, milk products and flowers. There is much singing, dancing and feasting. Phool - September 20th to 25th Phool is a festival celebrating the collection of the grape and walnut harvests. This is the winter festival to welcome the new year. The people remain indoors, feasting and drinking until the elders, who sit on hill-tops to watch the sun reach its orbit, declare the arrival of the new year.
Torches are lit, a commemorative dance is preformed and a goat is sacrificed.
The ex-ruler's fort and the Khowar houses of the Chitralis are sights worth seeing. The bazaar offers a fascinating array of handicrafts and there are many polo tournaments from April to July and September to October. This valley contains much scenic beauty, with orchards, fields and snow-clad peaks. The most interesting features however, are the boiling sulphur springs, famous for their healing effects on skin diseases, gout, rheumatism and chronic headaches. Hammams, or baths, have been constructed near the springs for the convenience of the tourists.