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Afghanistan - Stranded on the roof of the world - Kyrgyz of the Pamir mountains

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Winter Expedition to the Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan, into the Pamir Mountains, to document the community of Afghan Kyrgyz.
Expedition au Corridor du Wakhan, Afghanistan, jusqu'aux montagnes du Pamir, pour documenter la communauté des Kyrgyz Afghans.
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  • Mountains near Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Pir Shah Ismail is the spiritual leader of Wakhis in the Wakhan Corridor. He lives in Qala-e-Pinja. Visiting the ruins of the old fort. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Women fetching water..Wakhis outside in Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Wakhi men and women inside a typical Wakhi house, belonging to Qatch Baig. Light comes from an opening in the roof. Sarhad village..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ajar (sister). One family..Many Wakhis are blue eyed. Some say descendant of Alexander the Great..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Old man called Fakir Mohammed..Groom's house. Wedding celebration of Dodé Khuda, at Safar Boi house, in Tchehel-Kand village..Wakhi wedding ceremonies usually takes place in the winter months. The Wakhi do most of their business with Afghan Kyrgyz..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Buzkachi (central asian horse game) season starts in winter in Tajikistan, Dushanbe. En route to Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor.
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  • At dusk, women coming back home carrying water. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of the groom. In Imit (just past Khandut), wedding celebration of Tawakal Shoh with famous singer/dancer named Alowat..Wakhi wedding ceremonies only takes place in teh winter months. The Wakhi do most of their business with Afghan Kyrgyz..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Invited party come by horse. Wedding celebration of Dodé Khuda, at Safar Boi house, in Tchehel-Kand village..Wakhi wedding ceremonies usually takes place in the winter months. The Wakhi do most of their business with Afghan Kyrgyz..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Groom's house. In Imit (just past Khandut), wedding celebration of Tawakal Shoh with famous singer/dancer named Alowat..Wakhi wedding ceremonies only takes place in teh winter months. The Wakhi do most of their business with Afghan Kyrgyz..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Groom's house. In Imit (just past Khandut), wedding celebration of Tawakal Shoh with famous singer/dancer named Alowat..Wakhi wedding ceremonies only takes place in teh winter months. The Wakhi do most of their business with Afghan Kyrgyz..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Wakhi traveling on horse back through teh Wakhan Corridor, near Qala-e Pinja..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Mohammad, Wakhi shepherd wearing traditional "Chapan"..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" arriving at their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Detail of yak haor from the Afghan Pamir.
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  • Young Wakhi with his father's suit for warmth..Wakhis outside in Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Wakhis on their way to a wedding on horseback, below a 4000m mountain scree..Near Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Trekking with Wakhi companion Malang down the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up and down to the Little Pamir..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Assan Khan..Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" in their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Trekking with yak herder Mohammad and Malang down the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up and down to the Little Pamir..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Mohammad stops to drink water. Trekking with yak herder Mohammad and Malang up the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up to the Little Pamir..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Toj Mohammed (18 years old)..Family relatives of Pir Shah Ismail in Qala-e Pinja..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Trekking with yak herder Mohammad and Malang up the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up to the Little Pamir mountains, the extreme North-East of Afghanistan.<br /> Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • An old shelter for travelers on the ancient Silk Road. Trekking up the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up to the Little Pamir mountains, the extreme North-East of Afghanistan.<br /> Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • A typical Afghan Kyrgyz winter settlement in the Afghan Pamir mountains, near Qyzyl Qorum. <br /> Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Chelab camp..Every evening, Kyrgyz gather their yak herds back to their camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Sheep herd leaving in the morning. Wolf attack on livestock is common..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Walking on the icy spring of a claimed Source of the Oxus, the Chelab river. Chelab camp. Every evening, Kyrgyz gather their yak herds back to their camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • In the settlement of Qyzyl Qorum, Abdul Rashid' Khan (leader of the Kyrgyz) camp, Roshan (son of the Khan) passes on a camel the tent of US anthropologist Ted Callahan. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Anthropologist Ted Callahan lets the Khan uses his satellite phone to call Kabul and organize a blanket and food delivery on the Tajik border..Qyzyl Qorum camp. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Detail of Momo's pants..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Momo.In the settlement of Qyzyl Qorum, Abdul Rashid' Khan (leader of the Kyrgyz) camp, an old male Bactrian camels is taken out for mating (happens only in winter). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Momo (left) and Roshan..In the settlement of Qyzyl Qorum, Abdul Rashid' Khan (leader of the Kyrgyz) camp, 2 Bactrian camels are taken out for mating (happens only in winter). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • A sick Khan walks back to his winter house. Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). ..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Mirza, a Wakhi shepherd at the Khan’s camp, after bringing the goats in. Mirza suffers from epilepsy, a common condition in the Wakhan owing to close intermarriage. Often, around dinnertime, he would rise, walk over to a corner, lie down, and suffer an epileptic seizure.
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  • Atom Bo..Lambs are kept inside house because of the bitter cold. Evening and morning they are brought outside to their mum for milk. House of Abdul Rashid Khan,.Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ailing Khan who did not want to get photograph. Inside house of Abdul Rashid Khan,.Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Mujaheed, son of Khan, serves tea, inside house of Abdul Rashid Khan's house..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of Momo, who will marry one of Abdul RAshid Khan's daughter. .Inside house of Abdul Rashid Khan..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ikhbal is not afraid of checking the young bactrian's camel teeth. .Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • A young Bactrian Camel is playing with Atom Bo's fingers while the yaks are being milked..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Every morning, the girls from the Khan's camp are in charge of getting water all throughout winter in sub zero temperature. They have to dig hole in the ice to hope and find the spring that always freezes overnight..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Every morning, the girls from the Khan's camp are in charge of getting water all throughout winter in sub zero temperature. They have to dig hole in the ice to hope and find the spring that always freezes overnight..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Every morning, the girls from the Khan's camp are in charge of getting water all throughout winter in sub zero temperature. They have to dig hole in the ice to hope and find the spring that always freezes overnight..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Every morning, the girls from the Khan's camp are in charge of getting water all throughout winter in sub zero temperature. They have to dig hole in the ice to hope and find the spring that always freezes overnight..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Tella Bu (left)..Every morning, the girls from the Khan's camp are in charge of getting water all throughout winter in sub zero temperature. They have to dig hole in the ice to hope and find the spring that always freezes overnight..Qyzyl Qorum campment, Abdul Rashid Khan's camp (leader of the Afghan Kyrgyz). .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • View over the heart of the Little Pamir, near Qyzyl Qorum..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Garments of the sons of Abdul Rashid Khan, the King of the Pamir..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Naeem Man, young Boy, leaving early morning to herd the yaks for the day..Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Naeem Man's mum (Nassim's brother's wife) milking yaks in the morning. .Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Naeem Man, young boy, running back to his house to fetch a milk bucket. In the heart ofteh Little Pamir..Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Two young girl hiding from a scary yak. Leaving early monring to herd the yaks for the day..Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Left, Naeem Man's mum (Nassim's brother's wife) milking yaks in the morning. .Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • 10 days old Gul Ash is being fed boiled yak milk by her mum (Kelt Baig's Wife), whose nipples are too painful to breast feed. Gul Ash died 4 days later, as infant can not digest rich yak milk. The mum has had 10 pregancy in her life. Only 1 son lived (Mohammed Achim), she lost 9 children, 5 daughters, 4 sons. This is found quite commonly in the Little Pamir. The Afghan Kyrgyz community has the highest infant mortality in the world (estimated at 30%). .Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of Marbet (7 years old), returning from looking over sheep outside. Her red cheecks are due to cold weather..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Young men waiting for the sheep herd to return after a snow storm..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ghulam Ustad's sons looking for their sheep herd's return..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Toshi Boi hunts rabbit (although its considered Haram) to compliment his meagre winter diet. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Nassim's (Right) young wife died recently. He himself almost died from pneumonia. He must move to his brother's campment with his young daughter so his wife's brother takes care of him..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's (left) camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Nassim's young wife died recently. He himself almost died from pneumonia. He must move to his brother's campment with his young daughter so his wife's brother takes care of him..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Abdul Sator coming back on a Bactrian camel after locating the yak herd..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Two women and child walking away from camp..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • A sheep on a pen's wall..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Mussadiq Yurt after a snow storm..Campment of Tash Seri..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ustad Ghulam's wife cooking nan bread in the kitchen yurt..Campment of "second" Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Pegich, young wife of Er Ali Boi (married 2 years), the richest "sane" man in Pamir, bakes bread. Er Ali Boi is one of the rare Kyrgyz to spend winter in a yurt..Campment of Esh Keli..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Detail fo Pegich's dress. Pegich, young wife of Er Ali Boi (married 2 years), the richest "sane" man in Pamir. Er Ali Boi is one of the rare Kyrgyz to spend winter in a yurt..Campment of Esh Keli..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Pegich, young wife of Er Ali Boi (married 2 years), and Er Ali Boi, the richest "sane" man in Pamir, bakes bread. Er Ali Boi is one of the rare Kyrgyz to spend winter in a yurt..Campment of Esh Keli..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Sufi's place is one of the rare one to have a solar panel with a chinese battery to power enough electricity to run a DVD player and watch such things as karate film made in Kabul..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of camp leader Sufi Abdul Wahid..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • The Khan's herd of Bactrian camels is taken out by his son in law Momo to freely roam out of the Qyzyl Qorum camp during the day..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • The Khan's herd of Bactrian camels is taken out by his son in law Momo to freely roam out of the Qyzyl Qorum camp during the day..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • The Khan's son is taking the yaks out, scaring them off with a sling shot..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Every morning, the girls from the Khan's camp are in charge of getting water all throughout winter in sub zero temperature. They have to dig hole in the ice to hope and find the spring that always freezes overnight..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Poor Badakhshi man, opium dealer, met on the frozen river, on his way to selling drugs and other trinkets to the Kyrgyz..Trekking with Wakhi companion Malang down the frozen Wakhan River, the only way up and down to the Little Pamir..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Opium kit: pipe, butter, opium, thread, funnel..Opium users inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • An opium user inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Smoking opium and cigarettes is a common habit amongst Kyrgyz men and women. .Campment of Tash Seri..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ooroon Boi smokes opium 3 times a day, each session is about 1 hour..Opium users ins.Opium users inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Noor Ullah smokes opium 3 times a day, each session is about 1 hour. His younger sister, Tella Bu, watches on..Opium users inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Guns on a wall inside Mullah Bachik's winter camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Young Wakhi herder (hired as shepherd), brings burning dung to the guest room in the evening, to start the stove. Temperature drops to -30 in the night..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Early cold morning (-30) view over the center of the Little Pamir, after a 5 days snow fall..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Only mosque in the Little Pamir (and highest one in Afghanistan!), built by Haji Osman, and used in the spring/autumn camp..On the way to Wakhjir valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Paper found on the ground of the only mosque in the Little Pamir (and highest one in Afghanistan!), built by Haji Osman, and used in the spring/autumn camp..On the way to Wakhjir valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan valley, at the source of the Oxus. Mountain in the distance is called Kamansu: right is to Misgar Valley in Pakistan, left is into China..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Sheep herd taken out in the morning..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Sultan's family is getting water in the morning..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Bibi Hawa pulling water container up the slope back to her house..Sultan's family is getting water in the morning..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Girl learning to read Koran at Haji Osman:Bibi Hawa (11 yrs old), Marbet (6) and Chechen Gul (7). They start learning at 6 years old. They are taught only in winter 3 months/year..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Prayer time at Haji Osman's house..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Boorkhan-u Din teaches the Koran in Uzbek (Turkish language, coming close to Kyrgyz). Only form of "school" in the Little Pamir..Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of Susaï (6 years old), Sultan's daughter..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Maland and our donkey on the way to Wakhjir valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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