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Mountains - The Hunzakuts

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For generations, the people of the Hunza valley in the Karakoram mountains have gain agricultural ground over this rocky place. Thanks to hard work and ancient water channel systems, they have managed to turn rubble into fields of barley, potatoes and fruit orchards.
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  • A woman returns from the winter pasture, carrying potatoes, over a suspended bridge above the Hunza river.
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  • The return home, after fetching wood for cooking in Khuramabad pasture, a two hour walk from Passu village, across the Hunza valley riverbed.
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  • In the winter pasture of Zor Abad, Zamrad Begum and Nasib Sultan gather wood for cooking and heating their homes.
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  • Through a poplar forest, a Wakhi woman brings apples that have been kept for winter.
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  • A group of Wakhi women comes back from their daily excursion across the Hunza riverbed to gather fodder and wood for their cooking fires.
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  • A group of Wakhi women comes back from their daily excursion across the Hunza riverbed to gather fodder and wood for their cooking fires.
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  • Below the Altit fort and above the Hunza river, a woman tends to her potatoe field. In the old fortified village of Altit, over 1000 years old, Hunza region.
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  • Teenager play on the roofs, in the old fortified village of Altit, over 1000 years old, Hunza region.
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  • Mr Sher Aziz, the Islamic religious leader of Hussaini village, Hunza region.
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  • Mother and grand daughter cooking Barove Giyaling (Buckwheat Pancakes).
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  • Traditional dishes from Hunza, all made from locally grown ingredients such as apricot, buckwheat, yak butter etc
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  • Women eating Burutz Berikutz (Fresh cheese chappati).
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  • Cooking Apricot soup called Haneetze Doudo. In the old village of Karimabad, Hunza province.
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  • Flour is always grown in the village.
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  • Tasting, with a wooden spoon, a traditional dish of Apricot soup called Haneetze Doudo. In the old village of Karimabad, Hunza province.
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  • Kids having tea. Hussaini village, Gojal region.
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  • Rock-salted milk tea.
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  • A young boy having rock-salted milk tea.
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  • Wakhi men in Shimshal. People living in the Hunza region are known for their exceptionally long life expectancy.
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  • Ploughing a future wheat field. Soon manure will be added to the soil, then the field will be flooded and then sowing will take place. In the old fortified village of Altit, over 1000 years old, Hunza region.
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  • A father and his son plant a cherry tree. In the old fortified village of Altit, over 1000 years old, Hunza region.
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  • A Wakhi woman picking Sea Buckthorn berries, know for their anti-cancerous faculties. In winter, the frozen berries are usually picked, as it is then easier to handle.
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  • Wakhi man cutting lamb meat with an ax. In Shimshal, one of the remotest village in the Karakoram mountains.
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  • Sheep herd in a sea buckthorn forest.
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  • A woman watches her sheep herd.
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  • Girl playing.
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  • A young duck hunter looks for cartridge.
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  • Duck hunters, Hussaini village, Hunza region.
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  • The result of a day hunting at high altitude.
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  • Rubina Ismail and Yahyah Naig pluck and cook ducks in the village of Shimshal.
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