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Travel across nostalgic Tajikistan through the high Pamir Mountains and the region of Gorno-Badakshan, today under growing Chinese influence. Inhabited by the Pamiri community, the East holds striking cultural differences with the West, due to the Ismaili

Woman wearing a local red dress. In Khorog town, capital of the Pamir and home of the Ismaili community.

Tajikistan and the Tajik Pamir mountains (province of Gorno Badakhshan), summer 2009.

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Woman wearing a local red dress. In Khorog town, capital of the Pamir and home of the Ismaili community.<br />
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Tajikistan and the Tajik Pamir mountains (province of Gorno Badakhshan), summer 2009.