Religion
The vast majority of Dardic peoples are Muslims, with a significant population of Hindus and Buddhists, as well as a population who adheres to animism. The Kashmiri Pandits are Hindu, mostly of the Saivaite sect. Dardic religion in Indian Ladakh, particularly in the villages of Da and Hann, retains marked traces of the pre-Buddhist animistic religion, Bon-chos. The Kalash tribes found in Chitral, are exceptional in having retained their ancestral polytheistic religion and are protected by the Government of Pakistan.
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