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Events / June 21
Hunza & Nagar · Gilgit-Baltistan
Summer solstice thanksgiving in Hunza and Nagar, wheat harvest rituals and shared meals in the orchards.
Ginani (also Ginai) marks the wheat harvest with communal cooking, traditional dress, and dances in villages across Hunza and Nagar. It is quieter than polo season but deeply local.
Ginani is celebrated hamlet by hamlet rather than in one grand arena. Travel with a guide who knows which communities welcome visitors on solstice day.
Combine Ginani with Attabad Lake, Passu, or a Khunjerab attempt while high passes are open.
Winter
High-altitude winter motorsport, jeeps on a snow-cross course beneath Saran Pir Chanasi.
March - April
The first-sowing spring festival of Hunza, Nagar, and the Baltistan valleys, ritual seeding, music, and shared meals.
March - April
Apricot and cherry blossoms wake the orchards of Hunza and Skardu, the first sign of mountain spring.
