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Mountains - The Hunzakuts

53 images Created 2 Dec 2014

The mountain diet.

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.
Subsistence agriculture and livestock raising dominate the local economy.
This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits.

Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SzoHL7j-SU
And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/11/12/we-are-what-we-eat-chai-chapatis-and-the-taste-of-home/
And here : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/
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  • Women go every day to get wood (for cooking and heating) and hay (for animals) in Zor Abad, a winter pasture two hour walk from Hunssaini village, across the Hunza valley riverbed. Gojal region.
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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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  • A family making Chappati sprinkled with Apricot oil at the house of Baba Jan & Rubina Ismail. In Shimshal, one of the remotest village in the Karakoram mountains, and the highest settlement in the Hunza and Gojal region.
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  • A woman return from the winter pasture, carrying potatoes, over a suspended bridge above the Hunza river near Passu village, Gojal region.
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  • A woman brings apples that have been  kept for winter. Going to get wood for cooking and heating in Khuramabad, a winter pasture two hour walk from Passu village, across the Hunza valley riverbed.
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  • Cooking at Shahid Karim's house, making Barove Giyaling (Buckwheat Pancakes). In the village of Duikar, above Karimabad village, Hunza region.
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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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  • Zamrad Begum and Nasib Sultan cutting  wood (for cooking and heating) in Zor Abad, a winter pasture two hour walk from Hussaini village, across the Hunza valley riverbed. Gojal region.
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  • A young duck hunter looks for cartridge. Hussaini village, Gojal region.
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  • Holding the wing of a duck. Plucking, and cooking ducks. February is hunting duck season, as the migratory animals return fat from India, on their way back to Siberia. In Shimshal, one of the remotest village in the Karakoram mountains, and the highest settlement in the Hunza and Gojal region.
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  • Rubina Ismail and Yahyah Naig, at the house of Yahyah Baig. Singing the dukc before cooking it. February is hunting duck season, as the migratory animals return fat from India, on their way back to Siberia. In Shimshal, one of the remotest village in the Karakoram mountains, and the highest settlement in the Hunza and Gojal region.
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  • A woman watches over her newborn. In the old fortified village of Altit, over 1000 years old, Hunza region.
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  • The kitchen of Mehbano, in Aliabad town, Hunza province.
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  • In Passu village, cooking diner of Maltashtze Giyaling (Hunza Pancakes) at the house of Bano and husband Inayat Faqir. Gojal Region.
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  • The summit of Mt Rakaposhi, 7,788 m (25,551 ft) towering above 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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  • Women returning from getting wood (for cooking and heating) and hay (for animals) in Zor Abad, a winter pasture two hour walk from Hunssaini village, across the Hunza valley riverbed. Gojal region.
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  • Making traditional dish of Apricot soup called Haneetze Doudo. In the old village of Karimabad, Hunza province.
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  • Making and eating Burutz Berikutz (Fresh cheese chappati). Cooking diner at Shahid Karim's house, in Altit village, Hunza region.
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  • Flour held in a hand, to make pancakes. At the house of Momin Shah. In Shimshal, one of the remotest village in the Karakoram mountains, and the highest settlement in the Hunza and Gojal region.
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  • In Passu village, rock salt and milk tea. Gojal Region.
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  • Women having diner after collecting wood and hay in Zorabad. Hussaini village, Gojal region.
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  • Preparing breakfast of chappati (flat bread), butter and salty milk tea. In the old fortified village of Altit, over 1000 years old, Hunza region.
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  • Wakhi men. Shimshali men, Ghulam Rasul, Farzar Khan and Chiragh u Din. In Shimshal, one of the remotest village in the Karakoram mountains, and the highest settlement in the Hunza and Gojal region.
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